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Engineering Manager, Data & AI

Hybrid in Zaragoza·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

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Q-TECH

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Our summary

Salary: €80,000 - €110,000 a year
About €4,410 - €5,790 a month after tax, or €4,750 - €6,650 under the Beckham regime.
Work mode: Hybrid, Zaragoza
Contract: Permanent
Spanish: Expected (ad in Spanish)
English: Required

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Skills

Nice to have

This job advert was originally written in Spanish.

Requirements

What we're looking for

Experience leading Data Science, ML, or Data Engineering teams in product or platform companies.
Recent experience bringing ML solutions to production in real products, including MLOps.
Solid knowledge of large-scale data engineering and architecture, ideally in AWS.
Data Science fundamentals: statistical analysis, experimentation, and model evaluation.
Genuine interest in generative AI and its application in product.
Professional English, which is the working language.

Nice to have

Valuable: experience in AdTech, marketing, or telecommunications.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

💶 Salary: €80,000 to €110,000 gross annual + benefits.

The role

You will lead the Data & AI area, one of the company's most strategic pillars, reporting directly to management. This is a technical leadership role, very close to the team and the technology:

Technical ownership: you will be responsible for the architecture of data pipelines and ML solutions, from experimentation to production.
Hands-on leadership: without the need to program daily, you will review code, make design decisions, and set quality and MLOps standards.
AI Strategy: you will help define and execute the company's AI/ML and GenAI strategy.
Product: you will plan and prioritize team initiatives alongside Product.
Team: you will lead, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary team of Data Science, ML Engineering, and Data Engineering.

How you'll work

🏢 On-site presence: during the first year, between 0 and 2 days per week in the Zaragoza office. Afterwards, more flexible.
✈️ Travel: travel expenses covered by the company.
📄 Contract: permanent.
🌍 Environment: international team.

About Q-TECH

Q-TECH is a technology recruitment company founded in 2000, with a team of 20 people and annual revenue of approximately 2 million euros. The company specializes in connecting IT professionals with companies, focusing on tech talent acquisition across various departments including backend, frontend, data, infrastructure, and more.

Q-TECH operates with a hybrid work model in Barcelona, Spain, and emphasizes a close, authentic approach to recruitment. The company is active in the IT community and offers roles in areas such as cloud administration, software development, and project management, making it a potential opportunity for international tech professionals seeking to work in Spain.

Industry: Recruiting

In their own words

About the company & team

A profitable AdTech technology company in full international growth. It helps brands understand their audience behavior and measure the real impact of their campaigns, working with very high data volumes and privacy by design.

It is now entering a key stage: moving from a deterministic model to a predictive one, using Machine Learning, Data Science, and GenAI on real large-scale data, as part of its transformation towards an AI-first company.

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