AI Architect

Decskill; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Decskill, an IT consulting company with over 800 professionals, is seeking an AI Architect to shape the future of software in an AI-native world. Based in Lisbon with a hybrid work model, you will bridge business, technology, and people to drive the company’s AI strategy.

You will lead end-to-end AI pipelines, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure scalable, responsible AI across platforms. The role offers international exposure, long-term projects, and a culture that values

Qualifications

• At least 7 years with a strong background in software engineering, digital platforms, and large-scale technology delivery.
• Experience defining and executing AI or technology strategies in complex environments.
• Solid understanding of AI, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI, with a practical mindset.

Responsibilities

• AI System Development: architect, build, and optimise end-to-end AI pipelines.
• Model Training & Deployment: train, fine-tune, and operationalise ML models.
• AIOps, MLOps & Automation: implement robust CI/CD workflows and monitoring.
• Performance Optimisation: evaluate and optimise AI models for efficiency and real-time performance.
• Collaborative Solution Engineering: work with cross-functional teams to engineer AI-driven solutions.

Skills

AI Architecture

Machine Learning

MLOps

AWS Cloud

LLMs

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people.

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long‑term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long‑term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

We would like to meet an AI Architect for a project with a hybrid working model in Lisbon, Portugal.

About the position

AI Architects will play a pivotal role in reimagining how software is planned, built, and operated in an AI‑native world. Free from established patterns, they will explore entirely new engineering paradigms. We are not looking for who optimises the present, we are looking for who invents the future of software engineering. Participate in defining and drive the company’s AI strategy to enable the business and software engineering vision. Acting as a bridge between business, technology, and people, the role translates ambition into execution while balancing innovation, risk, and trust.

Responsabilities

• AI System Development: Architect, build, and optimise end to end AI pipelines, transforming complex requirements into scalable, production ready solutions.
• Model Training & Deployment: Develop, fine‑tune, and operationalise machine learning and deep learning models, ensuring high performance and seamless integration into BMW's platforms.
• AIOps, MLOps & Automation: Implement robust CI/CD workflows for AI, ML, automate training pipelines, and ensure reliable monitoring, reporting, governance, and lifecycle management of AI systems.
• Performance Optimisation: Continuously evaluate, benchmark, and optimise AI models and services for efficiency, accuracy, and real‑time performance in large‑scale environments.
• Collaborative Solution Engineering: Work closely with cross‑functional teams—including software engineers, data experts, and product visionaries—to engineer AI‑driven solutions aligned with strategic objectives.

Requirements

• At least 7 years with a strong background in software engineering, digital platforms, and large‑scale technology delivery.
• Experience defining and executing AI or technology strategies in complex environments.
• Solid understanding of AI, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI, with a practical mindset
• Experience with Large Language Models and the applied usage patterns.
• Experience with model monitoring, observability, MLOps tooling, and Agile.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms, especially AWS, and related AI/ML technologies and services is a plus.
• Experience with model comparison, security, privacy and FinOps in the context of AI is a plus.
• Knowledge about model quality, output validation and guardrails is a plus.

Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

What you can expect from us

• Long‑term projects with national and international context
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally
• A people‑first culture, focused on transparency and trust
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability

Your next challenge might start here.

At Decskill, we are committed to equal opportunities and non‑discrimination. We promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, where recruitment and career progression are based solely on talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, or any other form of discrimination incompatible with human dignity.