Principal Ai Engineer

Company Description

We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. Today, that mission is driven by data. With 99,500 employees across 2,500 locations, we generate a unique and massive dataset on global trade, product quality, and sustainability. We are now launching a new Hub in Madrid to turn that data into intelligent products and services. This is your opportunity to build the intelligence layer that will redefine our industry.

Job Description

We're looking for a pioneer to tackle the next frontier : building intelligent agents that can reason and act using one of the world's most unique industrial data sets. This is a greenfield role where you won’t just fine-tune models – you’ll build the entire Gen AI – native foundation for a global leader,with the executive backing and autonomy to make it happen.

As SGS’s founding Principal AI Engineer, your mission is to lead the charge in applying cutting-edge Generative AI to solve our most complex business challenges. You will be a hands-on builder, crafting everything from custom fine-tuned LLMs to sophisticated agentic workflows that automate and augment expert tasks. You will move fast, ship impactful product, and set the standard for practical, value driven AI.

What You'll Build and Own :

• Pioneer Generative AI Solutions : Lead the design and hands-on development of our most advanced AI initiatives, focusing on LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and multi-step agentic systems.
• Build & Fine-Tune Models : Go beyond off-the-shelf APIs. You will fine-tune open-source models (e.G., Llama, Mistral) on our proprietary data to create highly specialized, defensible AI capabilities.
• Engineer Agentic Workflows : Architect and build systems where AI agents can use tools, call functions, and interact with other systems to execute complex, real-world taskslike analyzing inspection reports or drafting compliance documentation.
• Own the Pragmatic AI Stack : Select, implement, and champion a lean, effective AI / ML stack (e.G., LangChain / LlamaIndex, vector databases, modern MLOps tools) that prioritizes speed and developer velocity.
• Collaborate & Scale : Partner with other engineering teams to package your breakthroughs into reusable patterns and services, acting as a force multiplier for AI adoption across the company.
• Establish the AI Vision : As the foundational AI expert, you will be a thought leader, shaping our technical strategy and mentoring the team that will form around your vision.

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