Job Description
As a Lead AI Engineer, you will design and build applied AI solutions that drive measurable business value from concept through scalable production deployment. You'll architect enterprise AI systems leveraging large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic workflows while leading technical strategy and mentoring engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
Design and architect AI-powered systems using LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows, and orchestration patterns integrated with enterprise data and business processes Develop secure, maintainable, production-ready software platforms and cloud-native services that orchestrate models, tools, retrieval systems, and enterprise workflows Build rapid prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate new technologies and identify business opportunities Establish comprehensive evaluation, monitoring, and quality practices including testing, benchmarking, observability, and continuous improvement Lead technical design discussions, architecture reviews,
and drive engineering best practices across teams Mentor engineers and develop reusable AI capabilities and frameworks that accelerate delivery across the organization Collaborate with product teams, architects, domain experts, customers, and partners to identify opportunities and deliver business impact Influence IFS's AI strategy and long-term technology direction through hands-on delivery, experimentation, and customer engagement, including external-facing innovation through industry events and partner collaboration
Qualifications
Core Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, AI, Data Science, or a related field. Master's degree is advantageous.
8+ years of professional experience in AI, Machine Learning, and/or Software Engineering, backed by a proven track record of successfully delivered projects.
Experience bringing incubated AI solutions to production, including scoping, design, development, testing, deployment, and v
📌 Lead AI Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Ifs
📍 Madrid