AI Engineer Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence · Portugal ·
AI Engineer at consulting firm Keyrus builds production GenAI systems — RAG, intelligent assistants and agent workflows — for client engagements, owning model integration, agent behaviour, evaluation/quality gates, guardrails and production monitoring. Requires hands-on LLM engineering, fluency in Portuguese and Spanish, and monthly travel to Lisbon or Madrid. €42k–58k/year.
- Compensation
- €42K–€58K / yr
- Location
- Portugal
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Data analytics
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Strong hands-on experience building production GenAI / LLM-based systems (beyond notebook/demo work)
- Experience deploying and operating AI capabilities in production: monitoring, reliability, latency, cost, continuous improvement
- Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams (software, data, architecture, governance specialists)
- Availability for monthly travel to Lisbon or Madrid
- Professional fluency in Portuguese and Spanish (language list truncated in posting)
Nice to have
- Comfortable working in collaborative, international teams alongside client stakeholders
Full description
Why Keyrus, Why Now!
Keyrus is an international group of 2,800 consultants and experts across 28 countries, built on a single conviction: AI does not transform businesses. Architected intelligence does.
For more than 30 years, we have been building the data foundations that make intelligent systems work — designing the Operating System of the intelligent enterprise, where intelligence is embedded into the core of business processes to create sustainable value: we operationalise intelligence.
AI does not replace humans. It repositions us to a place no system can follow: understanding, deciding, designing, and creating.
At Keyrus, you will not just develop skills — you will develop judgment. Your expertise sharpens with every system you architect, every client challenge you solve, and every deployment that compounds on the last.
Over time, you grow into one of the rarest professionals of the intelligence era: someone who bridges data, AI, and human decision‑making at scale, across industries and geographies. This is not a role you fill. It is a discipline you master and a story you help write to become a Keyrus Architect of Intelligence.Technology amplifies. Keyrus culture differentiates. Industrial discipline connects the two.
Role DetailsJob location: Portugal (visits to Lisbon or Madrid Office when needed)
Contract type: Employee
Target start date: January 2027
Working hours: Full‑time
Compensation: €42k–€58k per year
What You'll Architect
As an AI Engineer, you will help organisations transform complexity into measurable outcomes by combining technology, data, intelligence, and human decision‑making.
This role is both technical and consultative — perfect for someone who can combine hands‑on AI engineering, solution design, and close collaboration with client teams. We’re looking for professionals who think like architects and act like builders.
Your focus is the intelligence layer of the solution: how models are integrated, how information is retrieved, how agents behave, how quality is evaluated, and how the capability performs once deployed. You will work closely with Software Engineers, Data Engineers, AI Foundation Architects, Forward Deployed Engineers and AI Governance specialists, while retaining clear ownership of the AI behaviour and quality of the solution.
- Design and build production AI capabilities, including aligned with the approved solution architecture.