Job Description

AI Agentic Engineer - ODSCountry: Spain

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.

Open Digital Services is the software development company of Santander Group powering the next generation of banks by creating innovative banking products and implementing them in collaboration with Santander Group Affiliates. Santander Group is one of the world's largest financial institutions and the Eurozone's leader, we're committed to being the best Digital Bank with Branches in the industry.

Our mission at ODS is to design and support an advanced digital and omnichannel platform, ensuring the best customer experience using cutting-edge technology. Openbank, our flagship partner, is where we develop our most advanced concepts first. Be part of our Best-in-Class team and help us create unique value for our customers!

THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE

Open Digital Services is looking for an AI Agentic based out of Madrid.

As an Agentic Engineer you will responsible to design, build, and deploy intelligent AI systems that transform how products are imagined, specified, built, tested, shipped, and improved. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, AI agents, automation, and product development. You will work on systems that can reason, plan, use tools, interact with enterprise platforms, and automate real workflows across the full Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) - from idea to production. Our ambition is clear: enable teams to create products, mobile apps, features, websites, APIs, automated tests, documentation, and deployment workflows with AI-native, agentic support.

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:

• Managing a backlog of Transformational Product Development ideas from the team and prioritizing them based on impact to productivity and the business.

• Implementing a range of Transformational Product Development solutions using platforms provided by the Group... most that we have high confidence in their success but also pursuing more experimental ideas where the failure rate may be higher but the reward if successful greater. Run these more experimental ideas with one squad until their success is proven. That is, continuously push the envelope of these tools.

• Create and maintain a sandbox environment where teams can, compliant with our security policies, experiment with various tools.

• Create and maintain a production environment for tools to be internally used globally by Openbank teams.

• Focus will be on tools for product development and operations within the Openbank scope. The models will span design, product, development and operations.

• The mandate of the team will be to learn and be curious but to show tangible results in productivity improvement and employee satisfaction.

• Initial priority projects will include automated functional test, user story creation, improving SDLC efficiency, etc.

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 software engineering

• 1+ years of hands-on experience working with AI/LLM-based applications, automation, or AI agents.

• AI-powered solutions using Python and modern AI frameworks

• RAG systems

• Multi-Agent architectures

• Cloud technologies

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data science, Mathematics, Telecommunications, or a related technical discipline. (Preferred)

Language

• English (Required)

Hard Skills

• Strong engineering mindset with experience building scalable platforms and internal tools.

• Curiosity and passion for emerging technologies, particularly in AI, LLMs and agent-based systems.

• Ability to balance innovation and execution, working effectively in both exploratory and delivery-focused environments.

• Product-oriented thinking, with a focus on delivering tangible business impact.

• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work across teams and influence stakeholders globally.

• High ownership and accountability, with a results-driven approach.

• Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments with a test-and-learn mindset.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving mindset

• Clear communication and teamwork

• Creative thinking and innovation

• Fast learner with adaptability to new AI technologies

• Product and user-focused approach

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 offer more than just a paycheck— our benefits are designed to support your life, your goals and your well-being, now and into the future.

• 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 parental leave, childcare support and family-friendly programmes tailored to each life stage.

• We’re enable our teams to go beyond through global opportunities and broad career paths.

• We believe in the power of helping You can dedicate part of your working hours to volunteering.

• We’re here to keep you motivated, help you reach your goals, and celebrate your progress, every step of the way.

Open Digital Services is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered as equal without paying attention to gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, age, political orientation, union membership nor disability status.

We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build.

The personal data you provide as well as any data generated during the selection process are confidential and will be processed by Open Bank, S.A./ Open Digital Services, S.L. with registered office at Plaza de Santa Bárbara 2, 28004 (Madrid), for the sole purpose of managing your participation in the selection processes and, where appropriate, to formalise your recruitment. 

For further information about your rights and data protection, please read the ODS/Openbank Privacy Policy applicable to this type of data processing here 

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