Lead GenAI & Data Engineer - Remote, Flexible Hours

Unit8; Vaud; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Cutting-edge AI topics

Flexible hours

Training budget

Cross-office events

Remote work possible

Job summary

Unit8 is a Swiss data and AI services company seeking a Lead Data & AI Engineer to own the technical side of client projects from problem to production. You will design solutions, write substantial code, and sometimes lead a small team, acting as the client's primary technical counterpart.

This role suits engineers who want to lead projects while staying hands-on, delivering GenAI and data platform solutions rather than product/management work.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience building software, data or AI systems, and you are still hands-on: you have written production code in Python and/or SQL in the last 12 months.
• Deep expertise in at least one area — GenAI / AI Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Platforms & Cloud, or ML / Data Science — that you have taken to production.
• Strong at problem decomposition and system design: from a business problem to requirements, architecture, trade-offs and a delivery plan.
• You have led technical work: a project, a team, or an outcome you were accountable for.
• You enjoy working with clients and can explain technical choices clearly. Experience in consulting or another client-facing environment is a plus

Responsibilities

• Build the solution — design and write production code for GenAI applications (agents, RAG, LLM apps) or data platforms and pipelines, and get it running for real users.
• Lead the technical work — set the technical direction, review code, and help the engineers on your project grow.
• Shape the work with the client — turn an ambiguous business problem into clear objectives, scope and a realistic plan, and explain trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Own the outcome — be accountable for what gets delivered, its quality and the client's trust

Skills

Python

SQL

GenAI / AI Engineering

Data Platforms & Cloud

ML / Data Science

Client-facing communication

Job description

Unit8 is a Swiss data and AI services company seeking a Lead Data & AI Engineer to own the technical side of client projects from problem to production. You will design solutions, write substantial code, and sometimes lead a small team, acting as the client's primary technical counterpart.

This role suits engineers who want to lead projects while staying hands-on, delivering GenAI and data platform solutions rather than product/management work.