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Machine Learning Engineer

Hybrid in Barcelona·Added yesterday (last checked 23 Oct)

Shalion

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Hybrid, Barcelona
Benefits
Private health insurance, flexible pay plan, meal vouchers

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Skills

Nice to have

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Experience building and deploying ML systems in production environments

  • Strong software engineering skills in Python, with a focus on writing clean, maintainable, and testable code

  • Proven experience taking models from notebook to production

  • Solid understanding of model development lifecycle

Nice to have

  • (Bonus) Familiarity with containerization (Docker)

  • (Bonus) Experience with cloud environments (AWS preferred) and data platforms such as Snowflake

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • 🌍 An international team - Work with colleagues from 10+ nationalities.

  • 🚀 A dynamic and innovative environment - Be part of a high-performing team.

  • 🏢 Hybrid work model - 3 days in-office, 2 days remote.

  • 💡 Impactful work - Contribute to a challenging and innovative project.

  • 🎟 Flexible benefits - allocate part of your gross salary (pre-tax) to meal vouchers, transport allowance, and private healthcare at a preferential rate.

  • 🍏 Office perks - Fresh fruit and specialty coffee daily.

  • 📄 Contract: Permanent

  • 📍 Great location - Office in Barcelona's Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district.

The role

As a Machine Learning Engineer, you will join our Data Science team and play a key role in transforming research-driven work into robust, production-ready systems. You will help elevate the team's engineering maturity, promote best practices, and ensure that models are scalable, maintainable, and deliver real business impact.

What you'll do

  • Own the end-to-end lifecycle of ML systems, with focus on deployment and monitoring.

  • Refactor and productionize existing models and notebooks into clean, modular, and testable code.

  • Introduce and enforce best practices in coding, testing, model versioning

  • Set up and improve CI/CD workflows for ML systems.

  • Work closely with Data Scientists and Data Engineers to ensure clean interfaces and reliable data flows

  • Act as a technical reference within the team, reviewing code and guiding less experienced members.

Soft Skills

  • Pragmatic and solution-oriented: you focus on what works in production, not just in theory

  • Comfortable working in ambiguous environments and bringing structure where needed

  • Quality-driven mindset with attention to maintainability and long-term scalability

Hiring process

  • First interview: Intro & mutual fit

  • Second interview: Technical discussion

  • Third interview: Deep dive with Tech Lead

About Shalion

Shalion is a retail analytics company based in Barcelona, Spain, specializing in providing data-driven insights to retailers. The company focuses on helping businesses optimize their operations and increase profitability through advanced analytics and AI solutions. With a team of experts in data engineering, AI, and finance, Shalion serves clients in the retail sector, offering a platform that transforms raw data into actionable intelligence.

Shalion's presence is centered in Barcelona, where its team works in a collaborative and innovative environment. The company values technical excellence and data-driven decision-making, making it an attractive option for international professionals with expertise in data engineering, AI, and finance. As a growing company, Shalion offers opportunities for career development and the chance to work on cutting-edge retail analytics solutions in a vibrant Spanish city.

Industry
Retail Analytics
Employees
100
Headquarters
Barcelona, Spain
In Spain
Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

  • Based in Barcelona, a major European tech hub with a vibrant international community.
  • Focus on retail analytics and AI, offering opportunities to work on cutting-edge data and AI technologies.
  • Open roles include data platform engineering and AI engineering, indicating a strong technical focus.
  • The company's small size may offer greater impact and visibility for individual contributions.
  • Barcelona offers a high quality of life with a Mediterranean climate and a growing tech ecosystem.

In their own words

About the company & team

Shalion is a data and insights-driven company that serves world-class manufacturers and brands globally. Through our Digital Shelf Optimization, Retail Media, and Food Service Aggregators solutions, we provide innovative tools for e-commerce monitoring.

At Shalion, we empower brands to make smarter business decisions in eCommerce by delivering actionable data and insights on online product prices, availability, share of search, and more. We operate across 1000+ e-retailers in 60+ countries, serving industry giants such as Heineken, Lego, Danone, Nestlé, and JDE.

As a leader in data intelligence, we specialize in gathering, analyzing, and applying proprietary artificial intelligence to deliver relevant data and monitoring tools, helping our clients maximize their e-commerce performance.

Additional information

Shalion Data Services Limited is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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