Overview
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is the hosting entity for EuroHPC JU. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D in computer and computational science, with over 1000 staff from 60 countries.
Position
AI Factory Engineer
Closing Date
Saturday, 31 January, 2026
Context
The BSC AI Factory Engineer is responsible for developing, adapting, and deploying AI solutions within the BSC AI Factory, leveraging advanced AI techniques and high-performance computing infrastructures such as MareNostrum-5. The role focuses on building scalable, reproducible, and production-ready AI pipelines, models, and architectures to support services delivered to industry, startups, and public institutions. Working closely with researchers, service project managers, and external users, the AI Factory Engineer contributes to data preparation, model training and fine-tuning, RAG architectures, benchmarking, and optimization, ensuring efficient use of AI Factory resources. The role combines strong technical expertise with a service-oriented mindset, supporting the continuous evolution and operational excellence of the BSC AI Factory. This project is funded by the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility and by the JU under grant agreement No 101234399. For more information: https://www.bsc.es/join-us/excellence-career-opportunities/bsc-ai-factory
Key Duties
* Design, develop, fine-tune, and deploy AI models and end-to-end pipelines as part of AI Factory service delivery, ensuring scalability, reproducibility, and production readiness.
* Implement and optimize AI workloads on AI Factory computing environments (e.g. Playground, Fast Lane, Large Scale), making efficient use of MN5 and related infrastructures.
* Prepare, process, and validate data for AI services, including feature engineering, dataset curation, and support for domain-specific use cases.
* Design and implement advanced AI solutions such as RAG architectures, model adaptation strategies, benchmarking setups, and performance optimization workflows.
* Provide hands-on technical support and expert advisory to AI Factory users, translating service requests into concrete technical outputs.
* Collaborate with service project managers, researchers, and domain teams to deliver agreed technical outputs within defined service scopes and timelines.
* Apply security, ethical, and governance guidelines across all technical deliverables produced within the AI Factory.
* Document technical solutions, workflows, and best practices to support service standardization, reuse, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
* Education
o Degree in a technical or scientific field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent practical experience.
o Advanced academic degrees (Master’s or PhD) in AI, machine learning, or related areas are a plus but not mandatory.
* Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
o Proven experience in developing, training, and deploying AI models and pipelines in applied or production-like environments.
o Hands-on experience with modern AI frameworks and large-scale or high-performance computing infrastructures.
o Experience working in multidisciplinary teams and delivering technical outputs within service-oriented or industrial contexts.
* Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
o Exposure to cloud or hybrid computing environments and MLOps practices.
o Experience supporting users or clients through technical advisory, training, or service delivery activities.
o Familiarity with data governance, security, ethical AI, or compliance frameworks in applied AI projects.
* Competences
o Strong analytical and problem-solving skills applied to complex AI and data challenges.
o Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
o Service-oriented mindset with a focus on delivering reliable and high-quality technical outputs.
o Clear communication skills to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
o Attention to quality, reproducibility, and documentation of technical work.
o Capacity to manage priorities and deliver results within agreed timelines.
Conditions
o The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department.
o We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, and relocation support.
o Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration.
o Holidays: 22 days + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st of December per the collective agreement.
o Salary: competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, in line with cost of living in Barcelona.
o Starting date: 01/02/2026
Applications procedure
All applications must be submitted via the BSC website and contain:
o A full CV in English including contact details
o A cover/motivation letter with a statement of interest in English, specifying the area and topics of interest. Include two references. Applications without this document will not be considered.
Diversity and Recruitment
We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where everyone is appreciated for who they are. In instances of equal merit, the incorporation of under-represented groups will be considered. The recruitment process follows OTM-R principles and aims for a gender-balanced panel and transparent evaluation. Details and contact: recruitment@bsc.es.
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