Senior AI Consultant (Lisbon, Portugal)
Salary: €45,000 – €65,000
Location: You’ll have flexibility around when you work from the office, but you will be expected to be based near Lisbon, Portugal. Occasional visits to see customers and the team.
Interview process: Two rounds. 1: Get to know you chat with the People Recruitment Manager ; 2: Technical competency with the Hiring Lead and a Team Member.
Our Values: Advancing, Come as you are, Zero burnout, Greta goal, We all level up together and Transparency
Learn more about us: Check out our YouTube, read our Blogs. Understand our values.
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Who Are We?
Advancing Analytics are a market leader in delivering bleeding edge analytical solutions for customers all over the world. To thrive in today's market, businesses need to implement AI built on a solid, reliable Data Platform, and we are looking for you to help us build it!
What skills do we want you to have?
Expertise in building production‑grade RAG pipelines, including chunking strategies, vector search, retrieval evaluation, and end‑to‑end optimisation.
Hands‑on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) in enterprise environments, including prompt engineering, fine‑tuning, guardrail implementation, and responsible AI practices.
Ability to develop and deploy AI agents with tool use, memory, and multi‑step reasoning using frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or CrewAI.
Strong LLMOps and MLOps skills, including model evaluation, A/B testing, monitoring, and CI/CD for AI workflows (e.g., Databricks Asset Bundles, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
Knowledge of AI governance and compliance, including responsible AI principles, bias testing, and maintaining audit trails suitable for regulated industries.
Databricks ecosystem — Unity Catalog, Model Serving, Feature Engineering, Mosaic AI Gateway, Lakebase
Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex AI architectures to senior leaders while also collaborating deeply with engineering teams to troubleshoot technical issues.
Fluency in English (spoken and written).
Other tech and skills we like, but isn't essential:
Experience with agent tooling, including MCP servers, Unity Catalog functions, and tool orchestration patterns.
Background in advanced machine learning, including deep learning with PyTorch, computer vision methods, NLP pipelines, or graph-based data processing.
Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and modern deployment practices, including Terraform, Bicep, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures.
Exposure to red teaming and AI security, such as adversarial testing, prompt‑injection defence, and working with compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST AI 600‑1, EU AI Act).
What will it be like to work for Advancing Analytics?
We are a small company and encourage everyone to have a voice within our collaborative and inclusive team from day one.
As a consultancy with strong partnerships across Microsoft, Databricks, AWS, Sigma, Tabular Editor and dbt Labs, you’ll get hands-on access to some of the most exciting technology and learning opportunities in the industry. We know this market moves quickly, so we invest in our people for the long term, giving you the space to build real expertise, keep developing, and stay ahead of what’s next.
We’re also genuinely active in the wider data and AI community. That means speaking at events, sponsoring major industry moments like Big Data London, and showing up at some of the biggest stages in the space, including Databricks Data+AI Summit, Data+AI World Tour, and the Global AI AgentCon London.
Aside from offering a competitive salary, we have a great set of benefits and perks including, but not limited to:
Industry matching Maternity & Paternity policy
Meal Allowance (Subsídio de Alimentação) via card or payroll, in line with Portuguese practice.
Accident insurance, as standard under Portuguese employment laws.
Private Medical & Dental Care
25 Days Annual Leave, Birthday Leave & Charity Leave
Frequent away days with the team
Annual Bonus Scheme
Flexible Working Hours
Our company values define us:
Advancing – the projects that get us all out of bed are challenging and push the limits of what is currently possible. We work on the bleeding edge and challenge the analytical industry daily.
Come as you are – we are an inclusive company. When you work with us, rest assured you're working in a safe environment.
Zero burnout – too often technology teams are worked too hard or stretched too thin. We have seen it happen, and we never want to be a company that pushes our staff to breaking point.
Greta Goal – we only have one planet, let’s look after it.
We all level up together – we have each seen the benefit that being part of a developer community can have, it is transformational. We invest in our communities, you will find us organising meetups, conferences, and events. When we are not organising, we are helping, speaking, mentoring, or sponsoring.
Transparency – We are big believers that there are no secrets in Advancing Analytics, and we try to live this day to day.
You can read about our values in more detail here -https://www.advancinganalytics.co.uk/values
Equal opportunities for everyone
At Advancing Analytics both diversity and inclusion are a priority. We are all committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer; all applicants will be considered without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran status, neurodiversity or disability status.
This role profile is intended to provide an overview of the responsibilities and qualifications required for the Senior AI Consultant role. It is not an exhaustive list and may be subject to change to meet the needs of the organisation.
