R&D Gen AI / ML Engineer Porto

R&D Gen AI / ML Engineer
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

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Wise Pirates is a Digital, Tech, and AI Business partner operating from Portugal to over 80 countries worldwide. It is positioning itself as one of the Martech independent leaders in the South European markets. With a team of over 120 people, Wise Pirates ambitions to evolve to an AI-first marketing Ecosystem where people and AI work as partners.

Wise Pirates is a dynamic and
- thinking company with a strong focus on digital and AI. We seek a highly motivated and creative Machine Learning/AI Engineer to join our R&D team.

The focus will be on innovative AI projects, namely Generative AI, LLMs,
- LLMs, AI Agents, and other Mar
Tech innovation projects, with applications in technology, marketing, and other industries. This role requires a combination of research, development, and software production, with responsibility for transforming ideas into impactful solutions.

Working on a hybrid model from Greater Oporto area, the aim is to use the best of the existing technologies in AI workflows and build customized solutions on the top, with a worldwide ambition.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Machine Learning Engineer to join our R&D team, with 2 years of experience or more and living in Portugal for at least 2 years, to be able to better understand the market needs. You will play a crucial role in developing innovative projects, particularly in Generative AI, LLMs,
- LLMs, AI Agents, and other Mar
Tech innovations.

This role blends research, development, and software production, requiring you to transform ideas into impactful solutions with a global reach.

This role has a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for data pipelines, ETL, and MLOps.

Responsibilities might include:

• Research, design, and implement
  - edge machine learning and deep learning systems, solutions or workflows, focusing on generative AI and large language models in ecosystems such as marketing, customer engagement, customer experience, human experience, and sales;
• Develop and operationalize innovation solutions, namely AI solutions, from data collection and processing to model deployment and monitoring, building unique outputs;
• Create and maintain scalable frameworks for the productization of AI-based software, ensuring performance and efficiency;
• Brainstorm experiments systematically and develop/build projects in areas such as data feeds, software integrations, digital assistants, NLP applications development, customer journeys
  - personalization, AI-based sentiment analysis tools, predictive analytics, computer vision, AR/VR AI-driven content generation tools creation & optimization, AI-powered recommendation systems, Predictive Lead Scoring, Ai-Based Marketing Automation, AI Multivariable AB Testing, LLM-powered chatbots for customer support, AI for Dynamic Pricing, new generation of applications based on existing SMLs and LLMs and many others;
• Collaborate with
  - functional teams (engineering, marketing, product) to integrate AI solutions into commercial products and solve technological challenges, with a
  - first approach but with a systematic experimentation approach to build innovation in a way where iterative failure, done in a
  - centric way to build intelligence for the sprints decisions, is part of the process;
• Continuously explore new technologies, frameworks, and tools related to AI, machine learning, and other
  - relevant trends and evolutions;
• Conduct experiments and tests with AI models, optimizing them based on performance analysis and results;
• Collaborate inside the tech Hub, solving existing challenges across different clients and industries;
• Document Gen AI / ML / DL frameworks, algorithms, journeys, and custom innovations to ensure reproducibility and knowledge sharing within the team and with partner innovation hubs, such as R&D centers and universities;
• Research, experiment and build solutions based on Open AI and gemini ecosystems primarily;
• Be ready for an evolving ecosystem and role inside the spirit of innovation and service culture;
• Make part of the R&D team, influencing the
  - making process and being part of the
  - evolving vision and strategy.
• Build IP and
  - own innovation solutions and methodologies that comply with ethical guidelines, data privacy laws & regulations, and best industry standards

Ideal Technical Requirements:

• With a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistical or related fields (preferred), we seek a software developer / ML specialist;
• Proficiency in Python or similar;
• Proven experience with developing and deploying machine learning solutions in experimentation or production;
• Mid to Deep knowledge of generative AI, LLMs, and frameworks such as Tensor
  Flow, Py
  Torch, and Lang
  Chain. (JAX, Keras, Fast
  AI, Transformers, deepspeed, or other deep learning frameworks);
• Experience with data modeling and transforming unstructured data into usable formats, including data cleaning, preprocessing, feature engineering, analytics engineering, and ETL processes and familiarity with libraries such as
  -
  - learn, pandas, and Spark MLlib;
• Knowledge and/or experience in solutions like Google's Vertex AI and Gemini models (via Google AI Studio and the API), Open
  AI's GPT and other APIs, alongside practical application of tools like Git
  Hub Co-Pilot and potentially Azure Open
  AI Service or Databricks for broader AI/ML workflows
• Knowledge or experience in MLOps Tools, such as: MLflow, Kubeflow, Amazon Sagemaker, DVC, TFX, etc.
• Ability to follow software engineering best practices (version control, testing, continuous integration);
• Experience with
  - code /
  - code ecosystems (such as N8N; Make, Dify, Futterflow, Airflow, Zapier and others) and vision of architectural solutions to workflow automation when custom coding is not necessary/mandatory;
• Readiness to work with evaluating model performance using metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, Log Loss, MSE, and AUC.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively collaborate with different teams and stakeholders in Portuguese and English languages;
• Analytical
  - building and
  - solving skills in tackling mid to complex challenges and finding innovative solutions, including a critical mindset about data sets, evolutions, and patterns;
• Beginner's mindset with escalation ambition, being able to iterate at different speeds, including pure growth hacking;
• Bridge with operational teams and clients, helping understand the tech requirements and bottlenecks while listening to understand the business needs and market opportunities;
• Readiness to work with kind and collaborative people, where egos stay behind, and the team comes almost first, in a healthy work environment, with flexibility and autonomy, but rigor and responsibility;
• Desire to evolve technically and as a professional in a
  - up environment and to be part of the innovation in a
  - changing environment, with ambition and a hunger for innovation.
• Living in Portugal for at least two years, being absolutely familiarized with market needs and work models;

Differentials:

• Experience within the Adtech, Martech sector or experience in software engineer applied to services or innovation;
• Cybersecurity knowledge;
• Knowledge of cost and performance optimization techniques in LLM-based solutions;
• AI/ML certifications on Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure;
• Any Google Cloud Professional Certification;
• Experience with MLOps and model deployment infrastructure;
• Contributions to
  - source ML projects or publications in relevant conferences/journals;
• Knowledge of agile methodologies and experience with collaborative and diverse work environments;
• Post grad in Data Science.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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