AI Tech Lead
Lisbon, Portugal
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About the project
Join the IT organisation of a leading European parcel and logistics group, handling more than 840 million parcels a year across 40+ countries. As technical co-owner of the AI Hub, you’ll work side by side with the Business Lead to set the technical direction of a growing portfolio of AI solutions, from first idea and PoC to production and continuous improvement.
What you’ll do
- Act as technical owner of the AI Hub and take technical responsibility for the solutions it builds and supports
- Ensure consistency in architecture, engineering practices and technology choices across the portfolio
- Guide AI solutions through their full lifecycle: solution design, PoC, development, testing and production
- Support AI Engineers with complex technical challenges and architecture decisions
- Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable and operationally ready
- Promote engineering best practices for AI development: code quality, testing, CI/CD and monitoring
- Encourage reusable components and shared technical patterns across AI initiatives
- Evaluate new AI developments and run PoCs to assess their potential
- Weigh complexity, cost and expected value, and challenge the use of AI where a simpler approach works better
- Represent the AI Hub in technical discussions with engineering, architecture and business teams
What we’re looking for
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI, Data Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Strong experience in software engineering, AI engineering or machine learning
- Proven track record technically leading complex AI or software solutions from design to production
- Solid knowledge of Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI agents and machine learning frameworks
- Experience with cloud platforms and cloud AI services, ideally Azure (AWS or Google Cloud also valued)
- Good understanding of APIs, system integration, CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring and DevOps/MLOps
- Ability to translate business problems into the right technical solutions
- Excellent communication with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to influence technical decisions across teams without relying on formal authority
- Fluent English
What can you expect from us?
Mind-blowing workplace culture. You will be integrated in a professional, dynamic and collaborative team.
100% Remote opportunities
We want you to have the flexibility to work where you feel most comfortable and productive.
International Career
- You can expect professional growth and to be connect with the world.
- We are represented in Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Denmark.
- And with projects in many other countries: Netherlands, Luxembourg, Singapore and in the United States of America (and a lot more is coming…)
Extra Benefits & Perks
If you wish to work with us and you are outside European Union (good news…) we are a Tech Visa Company, We will help!
As a plus, we provide Health and Life Insurance.
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