Lead AI Engineer

4w1 month ago

IDC

Prague, CZ · Contract · €120,000 – €160,000

About this role

IDC is building the next generation of AI-powered intelligence platforms that transform how technology decisions get made. We are looking for a Senior AI/Agent Engineer to serve as the player-coach dev lead for the new Memory / Living Intel Pod, whose mission is making the platform remember users and proactively alert them when things change.

You will be the first hire and will set the technical direction for a cross-functional team spanning AI/LLM engineering and backend infrastructure. This role starts with memory: persistent, cross-session understanding of each user, and grows into proactive intelligence: monitoring saved artifacts for changes, summarizing what matters, and routing alerts to the right channel.

You will lead a cross-functional pod of 4-8 engineers, define interfaces and contracts with adjacent teams, and integrate with the AI agent pipeline and channel adapters. You will write production code more than 50% of the time, bridging AI/LLM engineering and infrastructure engineering.

Your work helps shape how the world understands technology and where it goes next. You collaborate with curious, high-caliber colleagues who value rigor, integrity, and shared success at IDC, the premier global provider of trusted technology intelligence.

Requirements

7+ years of professional Python development experience
Proven experience building LLM-powered systems in production environments
Player-coach track record leading teams of 4-8 engineers while remaining a significant code contributor
Experience leading across disciplines, bridging AI/LLM engineering and infrastructure engineering
Strong background in asynchronous system design: background jobs, event-driven patterns, scheduled processing
Quality-minded approach to system design and code
Comfort with ambiguity and building from scratch

Responsibilities

Lead a cross-functional pod of 4-8 engineers spanning AI/LLM and backend infrastructure disciplines
Set the technical direction for the pod's memory and proactive intelligence systems
Build memory capabilities that give the platform persistent, cross-session understanding of each user
Design proactive intelligence systems that monitor artifacts for changes, summarize what matters, and route alerts to the right channel
Integrate with the AI agent pipeline and channel adapters built by adjacent teams
Define interfaces and contracts with adjacent teams
Write production code more than 50% of the time

Benefits

Collaborate with curious, high-caliber colleagues who value rigor, integrity, and shared success
Work that helps shape how the world understands technology and where it goes next
Recognized by IIAR as Analyst Firm of the Year for five consecutive years
Culture that supports growth and collaboration