Tech Lead

Tsukumo; Schweiz; Remote; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tsukumo is seeking a Tech Lead who balances hands-on engineering with strategic consulting. You will own both the technical bar for the client’s stack and the delivery of engagements that turn a dev team into independent operators.

You will embed with skeptical teams, scope real problems, and install an operating model that survives after we depart. You’ll ship and teach, guide adoption end-to-end, and set standards that future engineers build against, especially around AI in production.

Qualifications

• Senior engineering background with track record leading complex tech initiatives.
• Able to earn skeptical teams' trust and drive change.
• Strong stance on AI in production and clear communication of limits.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagements: scope, discovery, and adoption end-to-end.
• Set the technical bar for client solutions and architectural decisions.
• Train client teams to operate independently after engagement ends.
• Define and uphold engineering standards across client stacks.

Skills

Senior engineer

Team leadership

AI in production

Change management

Tools

Agent systems

Observability

Deployment patterns

Job description

# Tech LeadHalf senior engineer, half forward-deployed consultant, full owner of whether the client actually changes.Apply for this role↓## The role.You'd lead both sides of tsukumo: the technical bar on what we build, and the delivery of the engagements that turn a client's dev team into agentic operators. That means embedding with a skeptical team, scoping the real problem without oversimplifying it, and installing the operating model on their stack and standards. A good engagement leaves them independent of us, which is the opposite of how most consulting is priced.* 01Lead engagements: run discovery from senior devs to the CTO, impose structure on a vague situation, and own adoption end to end.* 02Set the technical bar: architect agent systems and the context/orchestration/observability under them, and make the build-or-buy calls.* 03Train and transfer: bring client developers up to operator level and upskill their leads to coach the rest, so the capability stays after we leave.* 04Set the standards the founding engineering team builds against.Our suite (wrai.th, trovex, yoru) plus whatever the client runs. You meet teams on their stack, not a greenfield. Augment-never-replace is load-bearing here, not a slogan.## Who you are.* 01 A senior engineer who can earn a skeptical team's trust and lead change without triggering the fear that stalls AI rollouts.* 02 You ship, and you teach — both, credibly, without day-to-day supervision.* 03 Opinionated about AI in production and honest about its limits. You don't sell the demo.How we work: AI in production, not in a deck. We augment our people, never replace them — your craft stays yours, the output multiplies.## How to apply.Two quick steps. Tell us who you are and why you — link your best work. We read every application and reply ourselves.