AI Tech Lead | Remote Portugal

The Randstad Group is the global leader in talent solutions and HR services, with more than 65 years of market experience, acting as a strategic partner for talent and for companies. We are present in more than 38 markets worldwide, contributing to shaping the world of work.

We are looking to hire an AI Tech Lead to join one of our teams for a key client.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the hands-on tech lead for AI product delivery: orchestrate the build across blended teams of 10+ internal engineers and external contractors, while remaining hands-on through pull request reviews and targeted feature development;
• Set, document, and enforce engineering standards, best practices, and development hygiene across the team; influence adherence across contributors beyond direct reporting lines, including contractor and vendor teams;
• Drive technical decision-making: analyze trade-offs, formulate proposals with clear rationale, and present recommendations to technical teams, product owners, and leadership stakeholders;
• Safeguard solution quality end to end: enforce thorough testing (unit, integration, etc.), code review discipline, and release readiness, applying the engineering rigor appropriate to each maturity stage — from POC to MVP to enterprise-grade production;
• Analyze integrations, complex system dependencies, and cross-solution designs; identify technical debt and improvement opportunities and drive their prioritization and resolution;
• Operate fluently across the digital solution stack — data products, AI data products, generative/agentic AI solutions, and full-stack applications — and guide the team on sound implementation choices for each;
• Coordinate and manage delivery through external vendor and contractor teams alongside internal engineering resources, with emphasis on the quality of deliverables and adherence to team standard;
• Collaborate extensively with product owners, core engineering and data science teams, leadership stakeholders, and contractors; communicate technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences;
• Stay current with emerging technologies and approaches (including agentic AI); evaluate their applicability and foster a collaborative learning environment within the team.

Skills/Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Senior Software Engineer focusing on AI and data-driven products;
• Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python and familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain);
• Hands-on experience building, scaling, and deploying generative AI, LLMs, and agentic AI architectures;
• Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, system architecture, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and Cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP);
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts and technical debt rationale to both technical and business leadership;
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and orchestrate delivery across blended teams of internal engineers and external contractors.

Key Benefits:

• Integration into a solid and recognized company within the sector, with an excellent work environment and the opportunity to make a difference;
• Career growth opportunities;
• Meal Allowance;
• Health Insurance.