Principal AI Engineer: Global Impact & Automation Lead

NielsenIQ; Madrid; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

LinkedIn Learning

Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Job summary

NielsenIQ is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to join our Enterprise Productivity team, an agile, high-impact group building AI-driven solutions that transform how our company operates.

You will work at the intersection of AI, engineering, and business operations, partnering directly with teams across the company to identify inefficiencies, rapidly prototype solutions, and deploy scalable AI tools that drive measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Embed with business teams to understand workflows and opportunities for automation.
• Design and build AI-powered tools for internal productivity across functions.
• Prototype using modern AI/ML tech (LLMs, Copilots, automation pipelines).
• Deploy production solutions with reliability and measurable impact.
• Bridge technical and non-technical teams and translate problems to scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end delivery from discovery to rollout and adoption.
• Create reusable AI frameworks and platforms for future deployments.
• Operate globally with distributed teams and scalable AI deployments.

Skills

Experience 7–10+ years

Cloud production

AI/ML systems

AI workflows

APIs & data pipelines

Distributed systems

Security & reliability

Data engineering

Global teams

Governance & compliance

Job description

NielsenIQ is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to join our Enterprise Productivity team, an agile, high-impact group building AI-driven solutions that transform how our company operates.

You will work at the intersection of AI, engineering, and business operations, partnering directly with teams across the company to identify inefficiencies, rapidly prototype solutions, and deploy scalable AI tools that drive measurable impact.