AI Privacy Engineer

Axians | Digital Solutions - Tech Talent; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employee assistance program

Performance bonus

Job summary

Axians is seeking an AI Privacy Engineer to safeguard data across AI initiatives. You will translate GDPR and AI Act requirements into actionable guidance for AI engineers, embed privacy by design, and drive risk assessments.

Join a global, autonomous team where you bridge engineering and data protection, maintain documentation, and govern data protection throughout the AI lifecycle, including DPIA processes, data subject rights, and incident readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience with GDPR and data protection
• Experience with DPIAs and AI risk analysis
• Fluent English; another European language is a plus

Responsibilities

• Own the AI data protection gate for AI use cases and prepare decision-ready evidence
• Translate data protection requirements into actionable guidance for AI engineers
• Embed data protection by design across AI lifecycle
• Maintain documentation (data flows, RoPAs, controls) for DP reviews
• Carry out privacy risk assessments (DPIA, AI risk analysis)
• Define and drive pragmatic mitigation measures with engineering teams
• Bridge between engineering and data protection functions for compliance
• Enable scalable governance with auditable evidence of compliance
• Embed data protection by design across AI use cases, agents, and platform integrations
• Coordinate handling of data subject rights requests with AI Security and DP teams
• Positioning: first line data protection in AI delivery

Skills

Stakeholder management

Privacy-by-design

Regulatory compliance

AI systems knowledge

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

EU privacy law qualification (e.g., CIP/E) or qualified lawyer

Job description

Join Axians, where innovation thrives on trust and autonomy, and where every challenge is an opportunity to create technology with impact.

AI Privacy Engineer

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a professional responsible for ensuring data protection and regulatory compliance across AI solutions, translating legal and privacy requirements into practical guidance for AI development and implementation. You will contribute to assessing privacy risks, defining mitigation measures, and embedding data protection by design throughout the AI lifecycle, while acting as a bridge between technical and data protection teams to ensure transparent, auditable, and compliant solutions in an international environment.

What You Will Do on a Daily Basis

• Own the AI data protection gate for AI use cases developed within Central AI, including preparation of decision-ready evidence and clear go/no-go recommendations;
• Translate data protection and regulatory requirements (e.g. GDPR, EU AI Act, internal policies) into clear actionable technical guidance for AI engineers and platform teams;
• Ensure that data protection requirements are embedded into system design and implementation, enabling AI teams to build compliant solutions by design;
• Establish and maintain comprehensive, structured, and up-to-date documentation (e.g. data flows, RoPAs, design decisions, controls, and safeguards) that allows for efficient review and oversight by Data Protection functions;
• Carry out privacy risk assessments (e.g. DPIA and AI risk analysis) for AI use cases, identifying risks related to personal data processing, model behavior, and system architecture;
• Define and drive the implementation of pragmatic mitigation measures, working hands-on with engineering teams to ensure risks are effectively addressed;
• Act as a bridge between engineering and data protection functions, ensuring that technical implementations are transparent, reviewable, and aligned with compliance expectations;
• Enable scalable governance by ensuring that technical implementations and documentation provide clear, auditable evidence of compliance and accountability;
• Embed data protection by design and by default across AI use cases, agents and platform integrations, with strong attention to lawful basis, purpose limitation, data minimization, retention and transparency;
• Coordinate handling of data subject rights requests involving AI systems and ensure readiness for AI-related personal data incidents in collaboration with AI Security and central DP teams.
• Regarding Positioning and scope clarity this position acts as the first line data protection role within AI delivery (embedded in build and deployment, not a separate review function).

Your Key Skills

• Strong stakeholder management and ability to challenge solution design
• Pragmatic, outcome-driven, comfortable operating under ambiguity;

Your Main Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar technical field (or equivalent experience) with additional legal qualification (eg. LL.B., LL.M., CIP/E) in an EU jurisdiction or fully qualified lawyer in an EU jurisdiction with additional technology experience (eg. CIP/T);
• 3+ years of experience, ideally in an international corporation;
• Strong working knowledge of the GDPR;
• Solid technical grounding in how modern AI systems work - LLMs, RAG, vector stores, agents, tool use;
• Experience with DPIAs, international data transfers and data subject rights at scale;
• Fluent English; additional European language is a plus.

What We Offer

Stable professional career

Working with Axians projects becomes an asset to those of us who want to offer stability through a secure career.

Prospects for career advancement

You can access training and new certifications that will further elevate your skills. The 360° evaluation from managers and peers will also allow you to evolve.

Work Life Balance

By collaborating with Axians, you will be able to reconcile work and family requirements without neglecting either area.

Attractive, evolving compensation

When working with Axians, you will have access to performance bonuses in addition to an attractive salary pack (base salary + benefits). You are also entitled to health insurance and an employee assistance program for you and your family (Psychological, Legal, Psychosocial, and Financial support).

Axians is the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to Information Technology and Digital Transformation. With an international presence and a people-to-people approach, we combine technology, innovation, and proximity to create real impact for organizations and society.

Join Axians

At Axians, we believe that talent does not fit a single profile. We value diversity and promote an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow and contribute. If you have a disability or impairment, we are committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout the recruitment and onboarding process. Whenever needed, we provide reasonable accommodations so that you can participate on an equal basis. If you require any accommodation, please let us know by contacting us at [e-mail].