AI Engineer

About the Role

Build the AI Data Backbone: Write scripts to extract, clean, and chunk structured/unstructured data from our central Lakehouse to feature store and RAG systems

Production Prompt Engineering: Design, test, and version-control prompts, system instructions, and JSON tool-calling schemas for different LLM providers

Own Automated Evals: Build repeatable evaluation pipelines for classical ML and LLMs

Deployment & automation: Package AI features and data workflows using GIT, Jenkins or any equivalent tool

Competencies & Qualifications

Core Software Discipline

• Write clean, modular, asynchronous Python
• Write complex SQL queries
• Practice strict Git and CI/CD version control

Data Engineering (ETL/Spark)

• Hands-on ability to build retry-able ETL/ELT pipelines
• Write efficient PySpark jobs to process large training/evaluation datasets

Applied AI & RAG

• Deep understanding of vector embeddings, semantic search, vector and AI orchestration frameworks

AI Quality Assurance

• Experience with model evaluation tools and methodologies

Infrastructure

• Comfortable with basic Linux admin & bash commands
• Monitoring and automate AI services

About Vodafone

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

Not a Perfect Fit?

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

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