
Senior AI Engineer – Agentic AI
Prophix
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Lisbon • Portugal
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About the role
- **What You Will Do**
- - Contribute to the design and implementation of agentic AI solutions that power Prophix One Intelligence
- - Build and enhance retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems to support financial analysis and decision-making
- - Develop and integrate AI tools that enable task automation across financial workflows
- - Implement AI systems that process natural language inputs while maintaining accuracy, reliability, and data integrity
- - Participate in defining and evolving shared AI architecture, patterns, and best practices
- - Implement and refine evaluation frameworks to measure and improve LLM performance
- - Develop scalable AI services using AWS-native technologies
- - Collaborate closely with other AI engineers, product partners, architects, and LLM Ops to deliver cohesive solutions
- - Contribute to technical discussions, design reviews, and code reviews within the AI team
- - Stay current with advancements in AI and apply relevant techniques to real-world financial use cases
Requirements
- **Required Qualifications**
- - A mix of experience, training, or education that helps you succeed in this role:
- - 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on AI/ML systems
- - Strong Python development skills, including building production services using FastAPI
- - Solid experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector databases, and embedding-based search
- - Hands-on experience with LLM platforms such as OpenAI SDK and AWS Bedrock
- - Experience building agentic AI workflows and integrating tools with LLMs
- - Knowledge of Text-to-SQL techniques and natural language processing concepts
- - Experience with AWS services such as Fargate, SQS, and OpenSearch
- - Familiarity with LLM evaluation techniques (e.g., LLM-as-Judge, automated evaluators)
- - Experience with LLM observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Langfuse, Datadog)
- - Strong understanding of system design principles for scalable AI applications
- - Ability to collaborate effectively within a cross-functional engineering team
- - Comfort using AI tools responsibly to support tasks such as research, drafting, or data review
- - Ability to learn new tools and adapt as technology evolves
- - Curiosity and openness to exploring new approaches
- - Collaborative mindset when working with teams and technology
- - Must be legally entitled to work in the country where this role is located
Benefits
- **What Success Looks Like**
- - 30 days: You understand our tools, product, and people
- - Within 90 days: You work independently on meaningful tasks
- - Within 6 months: You contribute ideas, improvements, and measurable impact
- **Why Join Prophix?**
- Prophix builds technology that helps organizations plan and make better decisions with confidence. You will collaborate with colleagues across regions, contribute to a platform used globally, and grow your skills through hands-on work and AI-enabled tools. We support flexibility depending on team needs and location, and our culture is grounded in our values: Pursue Excellence, Build with Purpose, Create Wins for All, and Drive Continuous Innovation.
- **What’s Included for You?**
- Benefits may vary depending on location and employment contract. Full details will be provided in your written offer in accordance with local legislation.
- - Comprehensive health and medical coverage
- - Annual wellness allowance
- - Mobile phone subscription
- - Office parking or public transport card
- - Meal vouchers
- - Education assistance for career-related training
- - Paid time off aligned with local norms
- - Social events and team activities
- - Opportunities to get involved in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives
- - Quarterly Town Halls and Kickoffs that bring teams together to celebrate wins, share updates, and look ahead at what’s next
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonFastAPIretrieval-augmented generation (RAG)vector databasesembedding-based searchnatural language processingText-to-SQLAI/ML systemsAI architecturesystem design principles
Soft Skills
collaborationcuriosityadaptabilitycommunicationteamworkproblem-solvingopenness to new approachestechnical discussion participationdesign review participationcode review participation