Data and AI consulting for enterprise transformation across 25+ countries
Celfocus operates a data-and-AI-heavy services business built on a mature big-data stack (Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Elasticsearch) that is actively adopting graph databases (Neo4j, AWS Neptune) and cloud primitives (GCP, 5G, SD-WAN). The hiring mix—58 engineering, 19 data, and recent Head AI roles—reflects a shift toward production ML and governance; their active projects (ML workflows with model tracking, end-to-end ML solutions, AI governance frameworks) and pain points (complex AI production deployments, scaling data pipelines, AI governance compliance) show they are moving beyond analytics consulting into operationalized AI.
Notable leadership hires: Head AI, AI Head
Celfocus is a Portugal-based consulting firm founded in 2000 (now part of Novabase, listed on Euronext Lisbon) with 1,001–5,000 employees across over 25 countries. They combine business experts, data scientists, and AI engineers to build data-driven and AI-enabled solutions for enterprise clients in telecommunications, retail, online, and financial services. The company specializes in business intelligence, customer insight, enterprise integration, and next-generation intelligent networks. They operate a substantial internal data and engineering function, indicated by their investment in streaming platforms (Kafka, Spark, Flink), security tooling (Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Acunetix), and CI/CD automation (Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
Celfocus uses GCP, Python, Java, Scala, Apache Spark, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Hadoop, and Azure Data Factory. They are adopting Neo4j, AWS Neptune, and 5G. The stack is oriented toward large-scale data pipelines, streaming, and ML workflows.
Key projects include ML workflows with model tracking, end-to-end ML solutions in production, AI governance and compliance frameworks, scalable data processing pipelines, digital channel solutions, and CI/CD automation. Pain points center on production AI deployment, data pipeline scaling, and compliance complexity.
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