Overview IT STARTS HERE Santander () is evolving from a high-impact global brand to a technology-driven organization. Our people are at the heart of this journey. Together we are driving a customer‑centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible. This is more than a strategic shift—it’s an opportunity for motivated professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference. Our mission is to help people and businesses thrive. As part of the global AI Transformation team, you’ll lead and manage strategic AI initiatives that drive impact across general companies and key functions, ensuring that AI solutions create measurable value. As part of Santander’s Data & AI Science (DAISci) team, you will apply frontier AI to reshape financial systems, translating emerging AI methods and models into products and platforms that operate at global scale. DAISci ensures learning systems and agents scale reliably, turning frontier AI research into trusted, large‑scale decision systems. Main Responsibilities The Senior AI Scientist provides scientific and technical leadership for the local implementation and evolution of Santander’s AI Knowledge Base, focusing on knowledge representation, graph systems, and agent‑ready data structures. The role is designed for a strong individual contributor capable of translating integral architectural standards into reliable, high‑impact local intelligent systems operating at scale. Key responsibilities include: Design, develop, and maintain local instances of the Knowledge Base, ensuring structured and unstructured data are semantically connected and accessible to AI agents.



Apply principles of knowledge representation, graph modeling, and semantic indexing to support conversational systems, retrieval pipelines, and autonomous agents. Shape graph schemas, entity resolution strategies, metadata structures, and retrieval pipelines in collaboration with data, engineering, and product teams, ensuring alignment with global standards while adapting to local regulatory, linguistic and business constraints. Contribute to evaluation frameworks, monitoring practices, and continuous improvement of Knowledge Base components. Collaborate closely with global Knowledge Base leadership, sharing learnings and contributing reusable components to propagate successful local patterns across markets. Professional Experience 5–10 years of experience in AI, data science, or machine learning systems in production environments. Demonstrated experience designing and operating data pipelines or AI systems with requirements for high scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Experience collaborating across engineering, product, and business teams to deploy AI‑enabled systems. Ability to translate architectural guidance into practical local solutions aligned with global platforms. Comfort operating as a strong individual contributor with ownership and responsibility within a distributed, multi‑country AI organization.



Hard Skills Strong expertise in knowledge representation, graph modeling, semantic data structures, or information retrieval systems. Practical background in machine learning and modern AI architectures, particularly where they intersect with structured knowledge and retrieval. Strong Python programming skills and familiarity with data processing and graph technologies. Ability to translate architectural guidance into practical local solutions aligned with global platforms. Comfort operating as a strong individual contributor with ownership and responsibility within a distributed, multi‑country AI organization. Benefits Access to global learning opportunities and exclusive courses through Santander Open Academy. Hybrid working model with flexible hours and remote/on‑site options. Competitive salary with performance‑based bonuses. Preferential banking terms, special interest rates on loans, life insurance, and more. Health and wellness benefits through Be Healthy and a comprehensive wellness programme. Childcare support and family‑friendly programmes tailored to each life stage. Legal, emotional, and administrative advisory services via Santander Contigo. Gym/Well Hub membership, medical centers in some facilities, meal subsidy, parking, shuttle service, and exclusive discounts for employees. Local Compliance Santander is proud to be an organization where there are equal opportunities regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates. #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Knowledge Base Scientist Senior - Cdaio (Boadilla del Monte)
🏢 Santander
📍 Boadilla del Monte