AI Data Engineering Lead

Department: Technology Team: AI Location: London with hybrid ways of working Position type: Short Term Contract (Inside IR35) until the end of Dec 2026 What the hiring manager says As an AI Data Engineer, you'll be at the heart of our efforts to build open telco models and advance AI in the telecom sector. This is a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge data engineering pipelines, collaborate with academic and industry partners, and contribute to the development of synthetic data and knowledge resources that will shape the future of telecom AI. About the Team You'll join a dynamic, cross-functional team dedicated to advancing AI capabilities in the telecom sector. Our team is growing rapidly, with a culture of collaboration and technical excellence. We value curiosity, initiative, and a drive to set new benchmarks for the industry. About the role You will lead the GSMA commitment to opensource telecom efforts but processing telecom domain data, including technical standards, specifications, and research artifacts. You'll design and maintain data pipelines to support model training, the development of synthetic data generation, and coordinate contributions to shared resources across the industry. You'll provide technical input to model training teams and ensure data integrity throughout the model lifecycle. Success in this role means delivering reliable, scalable data pipelines and supporting the responsible use of data in AI projects. About You You have deep experience in data engineering, preferably in NLP or ML pipelines, and ideally are familiar with telco-specific data sources (such as Telco Standards, specifications, and Open APIs). You are skilled with tools for data processing and annotation (e.g., Spark, Hugging Face Datasets, synthetic data generators) and have a proven ability to work with distributed teams. Your knowledge of privacy-preserving techniques or responsible AI/data practices is a strong plus. About your skills You'll bring: Deep experience in data engineering, preferably in NLP or ML pipelines. Familiarity with telco-specific data sources (e.g., Telco Standards, specifications, and Open APIs). Strong experience with tools for data processing and annotation (e.g., Spark, Hugging Face Datasets, synthetic data generators). Proven ability to work with distributed teams and collaborate with both technical and research team. Knowledge of privacy-preserving techniques or responsible AI/data practices (a plus). Delivery, Teamwork, Agility, Analysis, Innovation.We strive to offer a meaningful and inclusive application experience for all candidates. Should you require any accommodations or adjustments due to a disability or for any other reason during the hiring process, please contact with your request. Contract type Short term Contractor Worker type Contingent Worker What We Offer Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.To learn more about the GSMA, visit our , our page and our page.Being You at the GSMAWe care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We're keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life. GSMA Values Our values not only drive our culture - they shape how we work and interact inside and outside our global organisation. Passionately driven We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact. Insightful leaders We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we're always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance. Stronger together We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fuelling each other's successes and constantly asking how we can help.Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we're at our best - we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren't at our best and the pressure is on - we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.