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Tech_Data Scientist & AI Engineer (Quantum)

Telefónica
Telefónica
Madrid, SpainOn-siteCompetitiveAdded 4 months agoInternship

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

WHAT IS TELEFONICA TECH?

Telefónica Tech is the leading digital transformation company of the Telefónica Group. We offer a wide range of integrated technological services and solutions in Cybersecurity, Cloud, IoT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain, supporting our clients in their digital transformation.

We are a group of more than 6,200 brave people working daily from different parts of the world to achieve excellence through leadership based on transparency and team spirit. If you identify with our pillars, we look forward to meeting you!

www.telefonicatech.com

WHAT DO WE DO IN THE TEAM?

The AI & Big Data business unit at Telefonica Tech helps its clients in their digital transformation process by unifying the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, IoT, Blockchain, and Quantum Computing. This team's mission is to help organizations increase their results through a global offering of products and services such as strategic consulting, infrastructure deployment, development and industrialization of analytical models, and training on new technologies, among others. Therefore, we need motivated people with real knowledge related to these topics and a desire to continue learning new technologies.

The Data Science / AI Engineering team is responsible for designing and deploying advanced Artificial Intelligence solutions, with a growing focus on Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and intelligent agent systems, while maintaining relevant projects related to data exploitation and analysis—from its origin to the generation of value for our clients—through the implementation of advanced analytics and machine learning techniques. Additionally, there is a constant challenge to stay updated on the latest trends, such as the research and business development line in topics related to Quantum Computing.

We work with organizations across multiple sectors (public administration, industry, banking, tourism, health, sports, etc.) and use the main cloud hyperscalers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, among others), applying agile methodologies and engineering best practices to bring our solutions to production.

WHAT WILL YOUR DAY-TO-DAY BE LIKE?

For this specific profile, we are looking for a person with a research background (PhD essential) and demonstrable knowledge in the field of quantum computing (qubits, quantum ML, quantum frameworks, simulators, hardware, etc.), as well as knowledge of advanced analytics, machine learning, and Artificial Intelligence / Generative AI in general, who is capable of understanding, proposing, and developing the use cases or projects to be solved.

Some of the day-to-day activities may include:

  • Participating in the gathering of business requirements from a technical perspective.
  • Cleaning, transforming, and modifying data as necessary to fit the analytical approach proposed in the use case.
  • Participating in the definition of technical architectures for AI solutions, aligned with business requirements and corporate standards.
  • Designing, training, evaluating, and optimizing Machine Learning and Deep Learning models, including Generative AI models.
  • Evaluating new trends, models, and AI and agent frameworks, and bringing them into production when they provide value.
  • Proposing, developing, and implementing solutions to address needs related to the field of quantum computing, as well as identifying new opportunities.
  • Generating documentation and performing knowledge transfer to various stakeholders.
  • Providing technical training on topics within your domain.
  • Staying updated on technical tools and trends.

AND FOR THIS, WE BELIEVE IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF YOU HAD...

Experience

  • Demonstrable experience in software development for scientific environments
  • Participation in advanced Machine Learning projects.
  • Practical experience with quantum algorithms
  • Actual use of quantum frameworks and quantum cloud platforms.

Education

  • Essential: Degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Telecommunications, or related disciplines.
  • Essential: Master's degree in areas related to: Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, or similar.
  • Essential: Doctorate (PhD) highly valued in: Quantum Machine Learning, Quantum Physics, or related areas.

Technical Knowledge

Essential:

  • Solid fundamentals of quantum computing: qubits, quantum gates, circuits, measurement, and decoherence.
  • Quantum Machine Learning techniques: Variational Quantum Circuits, Quantum Kernels, Hybrid Quantum-Classical Models
  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning
  • Advanced programming in Python
  • Use of quantum frameworks: Qiskit, PennyLane, Cirq or equivalents
  • Use of quantum simulators and execution on real quantum hardware
  • Knowledge of NISQ architectures and their practical limitations.

Valuable:

  • Advanced knowledge in Python programming.
  • Practical experience in Machine Learning and Deep Learning (including LLMs).
  • Knowledge related to Generative AI and agent frameworks, such as LangChain, LangGraph, beeAgent, Crew.ai, Semantic Kernel, watsonx.Assistant, or similar.
  • Experience in MLOps/LLMOps: CI/CD for models, monitoring, version control, retraining, etc. Use of Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and REST API development.
  • Experience in data storage/access and implementation of pipelines on cloud platforms such as MS Azure, AWS, GCP, IBM, etc., and managed AI services.

To perform the role, the skills that would fit the team and the project would be:

  • Teamwork and collaborative attitude.
  • Interpersonal skills.
  • Communication skills (modulating the discourse based on the type of audience).
  • Engineering mindset and production orientation.
  • Ability to design complex systems in a structured way.
  • Clear communication with technical and business profiles.
  • Collaborative spirit
  • Great learning capacity
  • Proactivity, autonomy, and continuous learning.
  • Experience in agile methodologies (such as Scrum)
  • Ability to document and explain technical decisions.

Languages

  • Essential: Spanish (very high), English (medium).

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• Work-life balance measures and flexible hours.
• Continuous training and certifications.
• Hybrid remote work model.
• Attractive social benefits package.
• Excellent dynamic and multidisciplinary work environment.
• Volunteering programs.

#WeAreDiverse #WePromoteEquality
We are convinced that diverse and inclusive teams are more innovative, transformative, and achieve better results.
Therefore, we promote and guarantee the inclusion of all people regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation and identity, culture, disability, or any other condition.

We want to meet you! 😊

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