IT STARTS HERE
Santander (www.santander.com) is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.
This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.
Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.
Our Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAIO) division is building a world-class AI & Data team to make a difference in the lives of over 170 million people worldwide, through one of the largest banks in the world.
We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in our history and technology is at the heart of our strategy. Join our team to play a part in one of the most important technological projects for the financial sector in the world.
Our mission is to contribute to helping more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.
THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE
CDAIO / AI TECH is looking for a SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER.
You will play a key role in enabling the design, development, and deployment of scalable and resilient AI solutions. Your mission will be to build and maintain the infrastructure and automation pipelines that support the entire AI lifecycle, from experimentation to production, ensuring agility, security, and operational excellence.
You will work in close collaboration with AI Experts, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and enterprise technology partners to accelerate the delivery of AI products that drive business value across Santander. This is a critical role in the AI transformation agenda, empowering the team to deliver responsible AI at scale.
Why this role is different: you won't just deploy what others design. You will shape the infrastructure architecture behind our solutions, and you will help build and run the internal platform our engineering teams will use every day. You will have real influence on technical decisions, and you will see your work in production.
We're shaping the way we work through innovation, cutting-edge technology, collaboration and the freedom to explore new ideas. To succeed in this role, you will be responsible for:
- Designing, implementing, and managing robust CI/CD pipelines for GenAI applications and containerized services.
- Designing infrastructure architecture and deploying solutions built by development teams across multiple environments.
- Building and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure on AWS to support the full AI lifecycle, from development to production deployment and monitoring.
- Automating infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation preferred; Terraform or CDK also valued).
- Running containerized workloads on Kubernetes (EKS) and managing the supporting networking, DNS, load balancing and perimeter security.
- Ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability of AI services in production environments.
- Monitoring system performance, debugging issues, and leading root-cause analysis and resolution of incidents. This includes participating in a light on-call rotation.
- Collaborating with data engineering and ML teams to operationalize AI solutions and integrate them into business-critical systems.
- Championing security, compliance, and governance standards across the AI tech stack.
- Fostering a culture of automation and engineering excellence within the AI Tech Team.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us stronger as a team and as an organization. We're enabling teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring.
The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Professional Experience
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Platform Engineering roles. (Required)
- Solid hands-on experience with AWS operating services in production with availability expectations, including cost optimization and security best practices. (Required)
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration of microservices. (Required)
- Solid experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar. (Required)
- Experience designing infrastructure architecture, not only deploying it. (Preferred)
- Experience with GCP. (Preferred)
- Experience supporting GenAI/ML workloads, or familiarity with services such as Amazon Bedrock or SageMaker. (Preferred)
Education
- BSc or MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. (Required)
- MSc or postgraduate degree in a technical field. (Preferred)
- Relevant certifications in cloud platforms, Kubernetes or DevOps practices (e.g., AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect, CKA, CKAD, CKS). (Preferred)
Languages
- Spanish proficiency. (Required)
- High level of English. (Required)
Hard Skills
- Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash, Go). (Required)
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform or CDK). (Required)
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Dynatrace). (Required)
- Knowledge of security and compliance in cloud-based systems. (Required)
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving skills, a deep sense of ownership, and a proactive attitude.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead technical discussions and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
WE VALUE YOUR IMPACT
Your contribution matters, and it’s recognized. You can expect a fair, competitive reward package that reflects the impact you create and the value you deliver. But we know rewards go beyond numbers.
- We’re enable our teams to go beyond through global opportunities and broad career paths.
- Flexibility that works. Enjoy a hybrid working models—some days remote, some days onsite with your team—along with flexible hours.
- Learning for life. Access hundreds of courses on our platforms, including exclusive access to our global learning space: Santander Open Academy (www.santanderopenacademy.com)
- Competitive rewards. Receive a highly competitive salary with performance-based bonuses, motivating you to keep growing with us.
- Financial advantages. Benefit from preferential banking terms, special interest rates on loans, life insurance, and more.
- Your health is our priority. Through BeHealthy, our global wellness programme, we promote Holistic wellbeing.
- We know family is everything. That’s why we offer childcare support and family-friendly programmes tailored to each life stage.
- Always by your side. Get access to Santander Contigo, our program for employees and their families offering legal, emotional, and administrative advisory services.
- Extra benefits. Gym/WellHub membership, medical centers in some of our facilities, meal subsidy, parking, shuttle service from various points in Madrid, as well as exclusive discounts and offers for Santander employees. And that’s only the beginning—we’ll tell you more when you join!
We’re here to keep you motivated, help you reach your goals, and celebrate your progress, every step of the way.
We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build.
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LOCAL COMPLIANCE
Santander is proud of being an organization where there are equal opportunities regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates.
WHAT TO DO NEXT
If this sounds like a role you are interested in, then please apply.
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