Expert AI & Data Science (m/f/d) for Vantage Towers

At Vantage Towers, we’re on a mission to power Europe’s sustainable digital transformation. As a leading tower company, we’re ushering in an era of technology-driven advances to help connect people, businesses, and internet-enabled devices like never before. We combine the scale, stability and quality of our tower network with the agility, optimism and energy of a start-up.

As a young TowerCo, we have already achieved strong results with a continued focus on accelerating growth and a special emphasis put on sustainability. As part of our team, you’ll work in a dynamic and multicultural environment that embraces open communication, collaboration and teamwork.

If you’re ready to take responsibility and shape the future of telco infrastructure with us, then let’s level up in your career and reach the top – together.

Your Responsibilities

• Model Development & Prototyping: You develop, prototype, and operationalize machine learning and generative AI models, including feature engineering and designing GenAI applications (e.g., content summarization, intelligent document processing, and chatbot assistants).

• AI Pipeline & Lifecycle Automation: You build and automate end-to-end AI pipelines (MLOps/GenAIOps), managing the full lifecycle from model retraining and versioning to monitoring, performance optimization, and cost-efficiency in cloud environments.

• Architecture & Team Integration: You collaborate closely with data engineers, architects, BI, and automation teams to align AI components with enterprise data architecture and operationalize insights across business platforms.

• Governance & responsible AI: You ensure all implementations strictly align with responsible AI guidelines, data privacy requirements, and IT security standards.

• Innovation & Standardization: You contribute to the standardization of reusable GenAI components, prompts, and evaluation techniques while monitoring industry trends to identify new opportunities.

• Storytelling & Business Insights: You translate complex AI outputs and models into actionable business value through compelling and clear storytelling.

Your Profile

• Educational Background: Successfully completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.

• Professional Experience: Solid professional experience building and deploying machine learning models, with hands-on experience utilizing cloud-based AI services in complex, distributed, and multinational enterprise organizations.

• Technical Skills:

  • Required: Strong proficiency in Python and standard ML/GenAI libraries (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, OpenAI SDK). Solid command of SQL (working with structured and semi-structured data) and experience developing LLM-based applications. Clear understanding of GenAI architectural patterns such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic workflows, and embedding stores.

  • Nice to have: Direct experience deploying AI workloads specifically on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) utilizing Vertex AI, AutoML, and BigQuery ML. Familiarity with APIs and tools for integrating GenAI capabilities into enterprise applications.

• Soft Skills: Curiosity, adaptability, and a strong drive to stay ahead of innovation trends. You possess excellent stakeholder communication skills, allowing you to explain AI/GenAI capabilities and limitations and to prioritize AI opportunities based on real business value and feasibility.

• Language Proficiency: Fluent English (C1 level), both written and spoken.

At Vantage Towers we operate in 8 different European countries. This role will be based in Portugal

What we offer – Flexibility & Growth Opportunities

• Flexible work: we offer a hybrid working model, which allows you to work 2 days per week from our Lisbon office and 3 days remote.
• Top Equipment: you receive a new laptop as well as a mobile plan & device
• Salary & Vacation: you will receive an attractive salary package. Additionally, you can profit from a meal allowance delivered on a Pluxee card (10.20€/day) and 7 extra vacation days
• Work-Life-Balance: we offer nursery subsidy and parental leave support
• Learning & Growth: LinkedIn Learning, individual support for your professional and personal development as well as international career opportunities
• Health & Social Care: profit from a Pension plan, full health insurances (for you and co-payment for family members) and life insurance
• Team & Culture: work in a diverse, multiculture team which is committed to the values: Accountability, Respect, Teamwork and Trust. We offer the unique opportunity to shape our organization – together as OneVT.

Are you ready to create the future of digital telco infrastructure together with us? Then we are happy to receive your CV. Depending on the role, we generally invite you to two-three rounds of interviews before you receive an offer.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Applications from all individuals, regardless of background, identity, or ability are more than welcome. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us so we can support you.

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