Engineer - Artificial Intelligence

Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits with beloved iconic brands, rooted in more than 200 years of heritage and craftsmanship. Our values are deep-rooted, and we aspire to live our purpose to ‘Inspire the Brilliance of Life’ in everything we do. Our ambition is to become the World’s Most Admired Premium Spirits Company. We want to be Most Admired not only for our incredible brands, but also for the brilliant experiences we foster, the ways in which we bring people together, the impactful marketing and innovation we deliver, and for the positive impact we have on the world around us. When you’re on our team, you can build a career of personal and professional growth across functions, business units and geographies. At Suntory Global Spirits, our employees work together to Unleash Their Spirit and realize their full potential each and every day.

Engineer - Artificial Intelligence  

What makes this a great opportunity?

Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits with $5.5 billion in annual revenues and an ambition to become the World’s Most Admired Premium Spirits Company. We have a strong vision and strategy, an incredible brand portfolio grounded in quality and craftsmanship, an unwavering commitment to sustainability and top talent across the organization. We are focused on driving value across key priorities including American whiskey, Japanese Spirits, Scotch, Tequila and Ready-to-Drink. Headquartered in New York City, Suntory Global Spirits is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings, which is world renowned for delivering quality and excellence across a range of products and categories.

The AI Engineer will help to drive Generative AI solutions in the company, working actively in the development of use cases, integrating data from multiple sources, creating data connectors, structuring text for LLM task execution and defining conversational workflows.

This role will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and implement data-driven solutions that meet business needs. This is a global role to develop and support Gen AI projects across multiple business functions.

The key Organizational relationships of this role will be the Gen AI Team, IT software, cloud and security engineers, IT Solution Architects & Managers and Key business Stakeholders (BPOs, Key users).
 

Role Responsibilities

- Data Integration from multiple sources, including APIs, databases, streaming data, and external datasets and create data connectors and interfaces to facilitate data exchange between systems.
- Prompt engineering, structuring text in the best way to be understandable for LLM for task execution
- Define and maintain conversational workflows for Gen AI tools
- Collaborate with data scientists and AI Data analysts to design data structures that align with business requirements.
- Maintain comprehensive technical and functional documentation for technical for knowledge sharing and troubleshooting.
- Stay current with emerging data engineering technologies and tools.
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies that can improve data engineering processes
- Identify opportunities where AI technologies can be applied to improve business processes
- Understand business processes across SGS system´s landscape (SAP ECC, CRM, Reporting)

Qualifications

Core Competencies 
- Generative AI models management in Azure AI
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Programing in Python
- Data Integration 

Skills
- Proven experience in implementing LLMs in applications and enterprise solutions
- Advance in Python programming languages 
- Certificated as Azure AI Engineer Associate (desired knowledge in GCP and/or AWS)
- Desired knowledge of Azure cloud platform, fundamentals and GCP.
- Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases 
- Desired experience with data warehousing and ETL tools (e.g., Azure Data factory, Azure Synapse analytics, data bricks)
- Problem-solving view and analytical skills.
- Good communication and collaboration skills.
- Attention to detail and a commitment to data quality and governance. 

Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (Master in AI preferred).
- At least 1-3 years of experience in Generative AI area.
- Must be fluent in English language (speak, read, write)

Mobility
- Position based in Madrid (Spain), availability to travel 25% internationally.

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.