Lead AI/ML Engineer

Aily Labs; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Global company and culture

Fast growth path

Job summary

Aily Labs in Barcelona, Spain, seeks a Lead AI/ML Engineer to build robust AI/ML systems and scale production-ready pipelines. You will lead the AI Platform team, own the roadmaps, and mentor 4+ engineers while collaborating with Data Scientists and Product teams.

You will design scalable ML infrastructure, contribute to APIs and tooling used across the organization, and drive impact through technical leadership in a fast-growing company.

Qualifications

• Solid AI/ML fundamentals.
• Strong Python proficiency.
• Experience with APIs, Kubernetes, Docker, and Cloud.
• Mentor junior team members and lead initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement end-to-end ML pipelines (data→model→deployment→monitoring).
• Contribute to APIs, tools, and libraries used by 100+ AI team members daily.
• Communicate results and identify gaps and opportunities with the team.
• Own complex projects from design to implementation (refactoring, standardization).
• Lead a team of 4+ AI/ML Engineers and own their roadmap.
• Ensure quality of your own and your team’s developments.

Skills

Python

APIs

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

AWS

Job description

• We are looking for Lead AI/ML Engineers who are passionate about the power of AI and love building robust AI/ML systems: people who turn models into reliable, scalable products, and ensure our AI solutions are production-ready, efficient and impactful. Your job is to build and scale the AI/ML infrastructure and pipelines that power Aily’s decision intelligence platform
• The AI Platform team is the backbone of Aily’s decision intelligence. We design, build, and operate libraries, tools, and the shared AI/ML infrastructure that enables AI & Data teams to empower business-critical decision-making for our enterprise users
• Our 3 missions are to enable innovation at scale, to minimize entropy, and to accelerate progress for Aily
• If you enjoy working at the intersection of AI and software, closely collaborating & empowering other teams, setting technical direction, and turning complexity into leverage, this team is the right place to make your mark
• Design and implement end-to-end ML pipelines (data→model→deployment→monitoring) autonomously
• Contribute to APIs, tools, and libraries used by more than 100 AI team members daily (including Cloud & LLM Infrastructure and AI-driven features)
• Communicate with your team: present results and findings, identify gaps and opportunities, and learn to explain our product and software/AI behind
• Requirements: Solid AI/ML fundamentals, strong Python, APIs/K8s/Docker/Cloud experience, mentor junior team members on technical topics
• Own complex projects, lead technical initiatives from design to implementation (refactoring, standardization)
• Ensure the quality of your own and your teams’ developments
• Interact with other functions and agree on exchange protocols and architecture design (DevOps, Front End, Data Engineering, Back End, …)
• Requirements: Strong software engineering practices, Deep AI/ML knowledge, outstanding problem-solving skills, ability and willingness to lead and mentor Junior team members
• “Make things happen” at scale, manage leadership pressure
• Lead a team of 4+ AI/ML Engineers and own their roadmap

Benefits

• Global company and culture
• Fast growth path
• Hybrid working model

7+ years of experienceRequirements: Driven by impact and value, able to lead multiple technical initiatives in parallel, mastery in the modern AI/ML stack (AWS, FastAPI, Docker, K8s, Python, CI/CD, Airflow, Agentic coding, concurrency, etc)Ready to Lead Boldly - helping Aily and its customers scale AI systems that enable faster, smarter decisions every dayA strong collaborator who enjoys working with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Engineers, and can explain trade-offs and designs in simple termsA builder: you enjoy shipping reliable solutions, improving systems and tooling, and making things work in production at scaleYou are impact-driven and thrive at the intersection of AI, business, ML engineering, and product. You want to build real systems that power decision-making at scaleSomeone with a startup mindset: comfortable with ambiguity, proactive, hands-on, and willing to improve things beyond your immediate scope