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Ai Developer

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Job Description

Location: Paço de Arcos - Q45, Portugal

Thales Business Support Services (TBSS) acts as a Shared Service Center for Thales Group by serving a number of countries for various key tasks associated to finance and accounting processes.

Your Mission

As an AI Developer / Machine Learning Engineer, you will design, build and maintain AI-driven automation solutions, with a strong focus on image processing, document understanding and intelligent data extraction.
Working fully in on-premise and restricted environments, you will deliver secure, robust and production-ready AI systems that support TBSS operational efficiency and digital transformation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and deploy OCR and document understanding solutions using Python, operating entirely on internal infrastructure

  • Build and maintain AI models for image processing and intelligent data extraction, ensuring high accuracy and reliability

  • Integrate AI solutions with RPA and ServiceNow ecosystems to support end-to-end automation

  • Ensure AI systems are secure, scalable, maintainable and compliant with internal standards

  • Continuously improve model performance through applied R&D, testing and optimization

Required Skills & Competencies

  • Strong experience in Python and AI/ML development, particularly in OCR, image processing or document understanding

  • Solid knowledge of machine learning concepts and hands-on experience deploying models in production environments

  • Experience working in on-premise or restricted environments, with a strong focus on security and robustness

  • Ability to work autonomously, take ownership of solutions, and thrive in a small, agile team

  • Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset towards continuous improvement

  • Good level of English and feel comfortable communicating in an international environment

The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.

In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.
 

For our more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries we open up visionary perspectives, realise individual career paths and enable creative freedom. This is achieved with courage, versatility and the firm intention to make the demanding challenges of our time safer and more inclusive. With our sustainable value-focused management we support diversity actively.

Say HI* – Your journey to us

At times of change our international teams are ready to meet the complexity of today with the industry-leading technologies of tomorrow. Will you be part of it? Your contact Tiago Vital is looking forward to your online application on our Career portal.

Cláudia Gaio – Talent Acquisition Partner

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Job Details

Category
Software
Employment Type
Full Time
Location
Paço de Arcos - Q45
Posted
Feb 2, 2026, 07:00 PM
Listed
Feb 4, 2026, 03:52 AM
Last updated
Feb 28, 2026, 12:04 AM

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