Senior AI Engineer - Applied Data

WIRE IT; Lisboa; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

22 days vacation

4 extra days

Meal allowance

Referral bonus

Discounts and flex options

Training budget

Team culture

Growth opportunities

Challenging projects

Job summary

Wire IT, based in Portugal, is seeking a Senior Data Engineer - Applied AI to join a fully remote role from Portugal. You will design and deliver end-to-end data pipelines, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to AI-powered projects using Python, Databricks, and cloud data platforms.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of data engineering experience, strong SQL, and a hands-on approach to CI/CD, testing, and scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years as a data engineer with end-to-end delivery experience.
• Fluent in English; able to collaborate with developers and leadership.
• Strong understanding of engineering and architectural principles; CI/CD and version control (Git).
• Strong production software engineering: Python, testing, CI/CD, REST, Docker.
• Experience with Databricks/Spark, Snowflake, or BigQuery; strong SQL and data modelling.

Skills

English fluency

End-to-end delivery

CI/CD collaboration

Team collaboration

Tools

Python

Docker

Git

Databricks

Snowflake

BigQuery

SQL

REST

Job description

Based in Portugal, Wire IT is your specialized IT consulting partner with 18 years of experience driven by an experienced and senior team that helps clients make the right decisions in a fast-moving market.

Wire IT's ambition is to grow while keeping true to its nature: agile, people-centered, and fun. As we like to say: Its not only what we do, its how we manage that truly make the difference..

If you're looking for more than just a job - if you're looking for a place where you can truly make a difference - you might be the next person to join WIRE IT.

Role: Senior Data Engineer - Applied AI

Location: Remote, Portugal

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years as a data engineer with a track record of end-to-end delivery in fast-paced environments.
• Professional fluency in English , are an excellent collaborator between developers and leadership, and have the ability to guide others.
• You have a solid understanding of engineering and architectural principles , and you are comfortable collaborating on CI/CD workflows and using version control (Git)
• Strong production software engineering: Python, testing, CI/CD, REST, Docker. You build reusable products, not one-off pipelines.
• Experience on atleast one,Databricks/Spark, Snowflake, or BigQuery, are strong in SQL and data modelling, and can reason confidently across the others and pick up a partner's stack fast.
• Enough AI engineering to be a full builder on an agentic system: prompt design, structured outputs, function calling, and evaluation, with the Anthropic and OpenAI APIs. You co-own the AI work, you do not just hand requirements to your AI-systems counterpart.

We offer:

• No-term full-time contract;
• Health Insurance;
• 22 days of paid vacation;
• 4 extra days annually (Carnival, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, Birthday);
• Meal Allowance on card (Coverflex);
• Referral Bonus;
• Special discounts and flex options;
• Training annual budget;
• A great team-oriented culture;
• Chance to become a part of a dynamically growing international company;
• Challenging projects giving the unique opportunity to grow and learn.

Following the EU General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679, we inform you that by responding to this announcement, you consent to the use of your data by Wire IT, for as long as necessary. In case of doubt or request for elimination of your personal data, please send an email to [e-mail]