AI Engineer
Summary
Wire IT, a Portuguese IT consulting firm, is hiring a remote AI Engineer to build generative AI applications, assistants, and agentic workflows for clients. Core work involves Python, SQL, Azure AI services/AI Foundry, RAG, prompt engineering, and agent frameworks like LangChain or Microsoft Agent Framework.
Based in Portugal, Wire IT is your specialized IT consulting partner with 18 years of experience driven by an experienced and senior team that helps clients make the right decisions in a fast-moving market.
Wire IT's ambition is to grow while keeping true to its nature: agile, people-centered, and fun. As we like to say: Its not only what we do, its how we manage that truly make the difference..
If you're looking for more than just a job - if you're looking for a place where you can truly make a difference - you might be the next person to join WIRE IT.
Role: AI Engineer (GenAI & Agentic AI)
Location: Portugal (Remote)
Required skills:
- Strong software engineering skills in Python and SQL.
- Experience building Generative AI applications, assistants, AI agents, or AI-enabled workflow automation solutions.
- Hands-on experience with Azure AI services, Azure AI Foundry, or comparable AI platforms.
- Understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, context engineering, tool calling, evaluation, and orchestration.
- Knowledge of responsible production operation of AI systems.
- Experience working with APIs, cloud-native services, data pipelines, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Familiarity with GenAI software engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or OpenCode.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into practical technical solutions.
Nice to have:
- Experience with Microsoft Agent Framework, LangChain, MCP, or comparable agent frameworks.
- Experience building agentic workflows, dashboards, or user-facing AI applications.
- Experience with Snowflake, vector databases, observability tooling, or LLM gateway patterns.
We offer:
- No-term full-time contract;
- Health Insurance;
- 22 days of paid vacation;
- 4 extra days annually (Carnival, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, Birthday);
- Meal Allowance on card (Coverflex);
- Referral Bonus;
- Special discounts and flex options;
- Training annual budget;
- A great team-oriented culture;
- Chance to become a part of a dynamically growing international company;
- Challenging projects giving the unique opportunity to grow and learn.
Following the EU General Data Protection Regulation No. 2016/679, we inform you that by responding to this announcement, you consent to the use of your data by Wire IT, for as long as necessary. In case of doubt or request for elimination of your personal data, please send an email to info@wireit.pt