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# AI Engineer

- **Company:** Banco Santander, S.A.
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Distributed Computing Environment, Python (Programming Language), Software Deployment, Pytorch, Kubernetes, Slurm, Virtual Agents, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** July 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://es.trabajo.org/oferta-3206-3d1216de9c205abbcd6d5d4bb3d07c15

## About the Role

parameter-efficient methods (LoRA)* Experience setting technical direction and leading engineers* Designing and operating cloud infrastructure for large ML workloads (AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes/SLURM)* Strong Python and PyTorch skills* Ability to communicate findings to risk officers, regulators, and leadership* Fluent in English and SpanishRequisitos principales* hybrid work model* learning platform access* competitive rewards and bonuses* BeHealthy wellness program* childcare support* Santander Contigo advisory services

## Description

on large-scale banking data* Develop fine-tuning/adaptation strategies (supervised fine-tuning, LoRA, parameter-efficient methods)* Build and maintain cloud infrastructure for large-scale training (AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes/SLURM)* Create evaluation frameworks with task-specific benchmarks, fairness checks, and regulatory alignment checks* Define data curation, preprocessing, and tokenization strategies for financial data* Collaborate with risk, compliance, legal, and product teams to ensure regulatory-ready production deployment* Stay current with frontier AI research and translate advances into roadmap* Contribute to external scientific community through publications and partnerships* Possibly visit Madrid office to support collaborationResponsabilidades* 5 to 10 years of experience in ML product development or AI research* Expertise in foundation model pre-training (architecture, data pipelines, distributed training)* Hands-on xcskxlj experience with full fine-tuning and


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