Decskill was founded in 2014 as an IT Consulting Company and their main mission is to deliver value through knowledge. We enable companies to meet the challenges of the digital world by providing our clients with business models that ensure technological capacity, flexibility and agility. We are more than 500 consultants with offices in Lisbon, Porto and Madrid.

DECSKILL operates in 3 main areas:

• DECSKILL TALENT, through which we provide our clients with an extension to their IT teams;

• DECSKILL BOOST, through which we provide our client with software development models to increase capacity and optimize Time-to-Market, where we create and manage teams that deliver according to their needs, at the desired speed;

• DECSKILL CONNECT through which we provide our clients with consulting services, as well as the implementation and management of information technology infrastructures.

Our practice results in the creation of value for our customers, either by delivering qualified and value-added services, or through highly qualified and motivated professionals, as well as technological solutions that allow us to operate and transform the business of our customers.

We are looking for an Data Scientist, a hybrid position based in Lisbon.

Responsibilities

• Design & Deploy: Create machine learning models and tailored AI solutions.
• Innovate: Fine-tune and extend Large Language Models (LLMs) including open-source and commercial models.
• Optimize: Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques for enhanced model efficiency.
• Analyze: Perform exploratory data analysis and feature engineering to unlock better model performance.
• Build Generative AI: Develop cutting-edge models for content creation, process automation, and innovation.
• Apply Traditional ML: Utilize decision trees, SVMs, neural networks, and more to solve diverse problems.
• Collaborate: Work alongside data engineers, product managers, and stakeholders.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure high-quality AI solutions through rigorous testing and validation.
• Document & Share: Maintain technical documentation for knowledge sharing and reproducibility.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related field;
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in machine learning and AI development;
• Strong expertise in Generative AI (model training, fine-tuning, and deployment);
• Experience with open-source and commercial LLMs;
• Proficiency in implementing RAG techniques;
• Experience with vector databases;
• Advanced programming skills in Python with frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Hugging Face;
• Deep understanding of NLP techniques and architectures;
• Practical experience with traditional AI/ML methods such as decision trees, SVMs, and neural networks;
• Practical experience with traditional AI/ML methods such as decision trees, SVMs, clustering and neural networks;
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) for AI/ML deployments;
• Knowledge of MLOps practices and tools;
• Fluency in English (min B2).

If you’re interested in this job, please send your CV in English to [email protected] with reference DS/DS

Decskill is committed to equality and non-discrimination with all our talents. We recruit and promote talent based on diversity and inclusion, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality or any other form of discrimination incompatible with the dignity of the human being.