Hybrid AI Tech Lead — Forward-Deployed Solutions Builder

UCB; Brussel; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

UCB is seeking a Digital Technology Lead Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join the Technology Strategy & Solutions team at our HQ in Brussels, Belgium. You will bridge business transformation and technology engineering, designing, building and iterating production-ready AI-enabled solutions within a hybrid-first environment.

You will work closely with domain experts, solution leads and enterprise architects to shape the portfolio, deliver high-value outcomes, and scale reusable capabilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or data analytics.
• Experience building and deploying advanced technology solutions in complex enterprise environments.
• Track record of solving technically challenging problems involving integrations, architecture or data.
• Experience moving solutions from proof of concept to production‑grade implementation.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments where requirements and technologies evolve quickly.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, breaking down complex challenges into practical, working solutions.
• Strong software engineering skills and demonstrated ability to independently build working solutions, including applications, integrations, automation and AI‑powered workflows.

Responsibilities

• Conduct rapid discovery of technology opportunities together with business and transformation teams within a hybrid-first environment.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into technically actionable solution concepts and prototypes.
• Embed with business teams to rapidly iterate, validate assumptions, and solve real-world problems through engineering.
• Act as technical lead and hands-on engineer for complex, novel or first-of-a-kind technology initiatives.
• Design and build prototypes, proofs of concept and production-ready components including code, prompts, integrations, workflows and application logic.
• Identify reusable patterns and components and feed learnings back into engineering.
• Partner with domain, platform and architecture teams to keep solutions aligned and scalable.
• Contribute to enterprise standards, best practices and engineering methodologies.

Skills

5+ years experience

AI workflows

System integrations

Prototyping

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Job description

UCB is seeking a Digital Technology Lead Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join the Technology Strategy & Solutions team at our HQ in Brussels, Belgium. You will bridge business transformation and technology engineering, designing, building and iterating production-ready AI-enabled solutions within a hybrid-first environment.

You will work closely with domain experts, solution leads and enterprise architects to shape the portfolio, deliver high-value outcomes, and scale reusable capabilities