Senior Software AI Engineer - AI Systems
Role description and responsibilities
As a Senior AI Engineer at WE ARE META, you will be matched with clients across diverse sectors of the tech industry. You will work in a fully remote model, building and maintaining advanced AI systems in production environments. The role involves designing and engineering LLM-based applications, building agentic systems end-to-end — systems that plan, write code, validate their own output, and improve over time — and working with modern orchestration frameworks and cloud data platforms.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience as an AI Engineer or in a similar role
- Strong production software engineering skills: Python, testing, packaging, CI/CD, async, REST, and Docker
- AI SDLC experience in production environments
- Real depth in LLM application engineering: prompt design, function calling, structured outputs, RAG, vector stores, and experience with the Anthropic and OpenAI APIs
- Experience building agentic systems end-to-end: systems that plan, write code, validate their own output, and improve over time
- Familiarity with the orchestration landscape (LangGraph, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, CrewAI) and opinionated about when a thin custom harness beats a framework
- Working fluency with at least one cloud data platform and SQL
- Fluency in English (at least a B2 level)
- Must be based in Portugal with Portuguese or EU citizenship, or a valid work permit
Benefits & perks
- Welcome kit upon joining
- Opportunities for career progression
- Health insurance coverage
- Coverflex meal card
- Other protocols and special discounts
- Access to a network of national and international partners across diverse tech sectors
- Personalized support from a career coach
- Flexible working policy matching (remote, hybrid, on-site) based on your preferences