AI-Native Engineering Lead & Guardrails Architect

SQUER; Wien; Hybrid; EUR 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training budget

Leadership Academy

Education time off

Hybrid work

Free lunch

Sports membership

Klimaticket support

Free massages

Referral bonuses

Corporate benefits

JobRad

Annual offsite

Job summary

SQUER is seeking a Lead Advisor – AI-Native Engineering in Austria to help established companies become AI-native engineering organizations. You’ll work directly on the client codebase and delivery pipeline, introducing coding assistants, agents, and spec-driven development.

You will design guardrails, ensure quality with tests and CI, run agents with cost awareness, and facilitate workshops with CTOs and teams while shaping SQUER's AI offerings.

Qualifications

• Lead or senior role with ownership of a system or team.
• AI-assisted coding on a complex project, not just theory.
• Own AI practice beyond ChatGPT and agent workflows.
• Solid understanding of LLMs, agents and RAG concepts.
• Guardrails around coding agents and safety considerations.
• Confident in CI/CD, testing and iterative delivery.
• Able to run an engaging workshop in front of groups.
• Fluent in German and English.

Responsibilities

• Introduce AI-assisted engineering into client teams and make it stick — coding assistants, agents, spec-driven development.
• Design guardrails for coding agents: scoped permissions, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, CI gates.
• Keep quality high where agents are in the loop — tests and static analysis as the safety net.
• Run agents economically — manage context, models and cost per outcome.
• Assess AI readiness and map legacy systems to replacement paths.
• Independently facilitate Big Picture Event Storming and technical workshops with CTOs and teams.
• Help evolve SQUER's AI-in-the-SDLC offering and spot follow-up engagements.

Skills

Lead developer

AI-assisted coding

LLMs & agents

CI/CD

Workshop facilitation

German

English

Job description

SQUER is seeking a Lead Advisor – AI-Native Engineering in Austria to help established companies become AI-native engineering organizations. You’ll work directly on the client codebase and delivery pipeline, introducing coding assistants, agents, and spec-driven development.

You will design guardrails, ensure quality with tests and CI, run agents with cost awareness, and facilitate workshops with CTOs and teams while shaping SQUER's AI offerings.