Forward Deployed AI Engineer

FAMAR; Madrid; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

FAMAR invites a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join our Madrid team, blending Lean, data engineering, AI, and automation to transform industrial processes. You will work with operations to identify bottlenecks, design AI-powered solutions, and deploy them to production on Azure, while ensuring security and governance across enterprise systems.

You’ll collaborate with IT, Quality, and business units to drive measurable improvements, from faster lead times to higher quality, with adoption

Qualifications

• 3+ years in software or data engineering or AI development.
• Experience mapping end-to-end processes with business teams.
• Hands-on with production deployment and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Identify bottlenecks and simplify processes using Lean.
• Build and deploy AI apps, intelligent agents, and workflows.
• Connect enterprise systems via data pipelines and APIs with reliable integrations.
• Develop document automation and reporting to support operations.
• Take solutions from prototype to production on Azure with testing and monitoring.
• Work with IT and Quality to ensure security and compliance.
• Train users and drive adoption with ongoing support.
• Measure savings and scale solutions across FAMAR.

Skills

Software Eng

Data Eng

AI Development

Intelligent Automation

LLM Apps

Azure Cloud

Tools

Microsoft Azure

APIs

Data Pipelines

Job description

Drive the transformation of FAMAR’s business and industrial processes by combining Lean methodologies, data engineering, artificial intelligence and automation.

As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer you will work directly with operational teams to identify inefficiencies, redesign workflows and develop practical AI-powered solutions through to production deployment.

You’ll connect fragmented systems and build reliable, secure and reusable data integrations that make enterprise data accessible. Using generative AI, intelligent agents, document intelligence and workflow automation, you’ll simplify complex processes, eliminate repetitive tasks and help teams work more effectively.

What you’ll do:

• Work alongside business and manufacturing teams to identify bottlenecks and simplify processes using Lean principles.
• Build and deploy AI applications, intelligent agents, RAG solutions and automated workflows that solve practical operational challenges.
• Connect enterprise systems through reliable data pipelines, APIs and reusable integrations, improving data quality and accessibility.
• Develop document automation solutions supporting activities such as customer quotations, quality reviews and reporting.
• Take solutions from prototype to production using Microsoft Azure and sound engineering practices, including testing, monitoring and appropriate human oversight.
• Partner with IT and Quality to ensure security, data integrity and regulatory compliance where applicable.
• Train users, drive adoption and work with IT to establish ongoing support and maintenance.
• Measure results through time saved, shorter lead times, improved quality and validated savings, scaling successful solutions across FAMAR.

What makes you a great fit

• Min. 3 years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, AI development or intelligent process automation.
• Proven ability to map, analyse, challenge and simplify end-to-end processes together with business teams.
• Strong collaboration skills, with a track record of delivering results jointly with operational, IT and Quality teams.
• Strong hands-on engineering capabilities, including application development, data pipelines, APIs, automated workflows and production deployment.
• Experience integrating diverse enterprise systems, data sources and AI solutions into business processes.
• Practical experience with LLM applications, intelligent agents, RAG architectures or workflow automation.
• Experience with cloud technologies and data platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Ability to translate business requirements and operational challenges into practical technical solutions.
• Experience with ERP, QMS, CRM or other enterprise systems would be advantageous; MES or LIMS experience would be a plus for future initiatives.
• Knowledge of GxP, Computerized System Validation and data integrity principles would be an asset.

Bring your engineering skills to a European pharmaceutical manufacturing and development group with more than 75 years of expertise and products supplied to 80 international markets.

• See your work in action. Build solutions alongside the people who use them, with visible results in manufacturing, quality and everyday business operations.
• Make an impact across borders. Develop solutions that can be adopted across FAMAR’s European sites and corporate functions.
• Expand your expertise. Receive dedicated Lean training and deepen your experience at the intersection of AI, data engineering and pharmaceutical operations.
• Own the journey. Take projects from understanding the problem to deploying the solution and measuring the improvement.

We’d love to hear your story - what you’ve built, what you’ve learned and what you’d like to do next.