OverviewLocation: Madrid, SpainAnnual Remuneration: €85,000 - €95,000 and discretionary annual bonusPay Frequency: MonthlyProbationary Period: 180 daysWork Arrangement: Hybrid, 3-days per weekDepartment: EngineeringEmployment Type: Full TimeDesignation: AI Engineer, Retrieval & Agentic SystemsResponsibilities- Owning and evolving Corestream, Kharon's risk intelligence feed — a dynamic platform that surfaces entity-level insights and topic-based risk narratives to customers- Redesigning and improving Kharon's semantic search capabilities, opening new avenues for content discovery — drawing on modern approaches including BM25 tuning, semantic distance, RAG, and reranking- Integrating Kharon's risk analysis outputs into the search layer, ensuring that graph-based insights surface meaningfully within search results and sub-network exploration- Driving the evolution of Kharon's narrative generation pipeline — how we take graph and analytical data and transform it into compelling, accurate written intelligence for customers- Partnering with Product and Engineering to take ownership of the Corestream roadmap and push it to its next stage- Tweaking and optimizing the metrics that define search quality and narrative relevanceQualifications- A proven interest or experience in integral security, financial crimes, sanctions, export controls, or related domains- 3+ years of experience in a Data Science or AI Engineering role- Hands-on experience with semantic search — including familiarity with BM25, vector search, reranking, and retrieval evaluation- Experience with RAG pipelines and working with agentic systems in production- Proficiency in Python and SQL- Strong product alignment — able to read a roadmap, take ownership of tickets,
and drive initiatives forward independently- Bonus: Experience with graph-aware search or integrating knowledge graph outputs into retrieval systemsDisclosures and Legal NoticesKharon is committed to cultivating and maintaining a workplace that is free from harassment and discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or identity, neurodiversity, appearances, age, protected veteran status, or status as a qualified individual with disability.If you require any adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, please contact
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📌 Ai Engineer, Retrieval & Agentic Systems (Madrid)
🏢 Kharon
📍 Madrid