AI Engineering Lead

We are looking for an AI Engineering Lead. This profile is responsible for managing a team of 3+ engineers, ensuring successful execution of team-level projects by overseeing engineering management and workflow optimization. They contribute to team success by executing projects efficiently, optimizing workflows and developing team members’ skills. Summary: An AI Engineering Lead at TechWolf manages a team of 3+ engineers, balancing hands-on technical work with people leadership and workflow optimization. They oversee the successful delivery of team-level projects, architect solutions for future scalability, and ensure team efficiency through process improvements. This role involves hiring, mentoring, and developing talent, while fostering alignment with other teams. As a player-coach, the Lead sets high standards for execution, drives team performance, and creates the conditions for sustained, impactful delivery.

What you'll do
• Raise the talent bar — as a people
- and hiring manager, you hire team members with the guidance and support of a more experienced people manager. You recognise excellence and underperformance, despite needing prompting and support at times.
• Execute and Architect for the future — act as a player-coach, prioritising and delegating on key projects within your team. Set bar-raising objectives for your direct reports, and lead execution on specific projects.
• Engineering Management — oversee small technical projects, balancing player-coach responsibilities while managing a team of 3+ engineers. You ensure successful project delivery within the team.
• Project Management — plan and organise the execution of team-level projects, ensuring they are completed within the defined timeframe and budget.
• Workflow Optimization — analyse team workflows to improve efficiency and productivity at the team level.
• Cross Functional Coordination — collaborate with other teams to ensure alignment on small-scale projects. Who you are:
• You are proficient in Python and the AI stack (numpy, transformers, LLMs, etc.).
• You have at least 4–5 years of relevant experience delivering impactful AI systems, and a decent portion of that leading or coaching engineers.
• You are able to plan and oversee execution of team-level projects, optimizing workflows for efficiency.
• You can effectively hire, mentor, and develop team members, and provide constructive performance feedback.
• You are able to articulate complex technical and organizational trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You're based in Belgium and excited to work together with the TechWolf team in our Ghent office at least three days per week. What's in it for you? 📊 Fair & competitive salaries – we benchmark our salaries yearly and pay above the market median in every role and location. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Hybrid working and flexible hours
- make your work schedule work for you 🌱 Health insurance & retirement savings 🏝️ Work from abroad 3 weeks each year 💻 Learning and development opportunities 🚶‍♀️ Walking culture
- who doesn’t love brainstorming or connecting with colleagues while taking a walk around the office? 🎉 Fun teambuildings, social & sports activities Sounds like your cup of tea? There’s more TechWolf is on a mission to make work better and fairer for millions of people by powering the shift from jobs to skills as a framework to model talent. Our enterprise software uses AI to provide the skill data needed to power that transformation. We provide a unique opportunity to work with an all-star team and cutting-edge product, in a purpose-driven company that aims to empower people to flourish at work. TechWolf is growing fast and you’ll join a high-performing international team with a unicorn dream. Are you ready to build a rocket ship with us? Follow us to keep up with our latest updates on: LinkedIn | Instagram