Technical Engagement Lead, Data & AI - Hybrid & Flexible

Startupvalleys; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to contribute to growth of

Cutting-edge data & AI topics

Option to partially work from home

Flexible working hours

Off-sites & events

Training budget

Job summary

Unit8 is seeking a Technical Engagement Lead to own complex Data & AI engagements from problem to delivery. You will bridge client leadership, architecture, and hands-on engineering, translating client goals into a practical delivery approach and guiding the technical team to success.

This role offers growth into broader delivery and client leadership while staying close to technology. You will coordinate cross-functional workstreams, mentor senior engineers, and shape solutions across GenAI,

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of relevant experience with ownership of technical projects or client engagements.
• Strong engineering background, comfortable designing, implementing, reviewing and debugging production systems.
• Deep expertise in GenAI / AI Engineering, Data Engineering, Cloud & Data Platforms or ML / Data Science with ability to work across disciplines.
• Excellent problem decomposition, system design, and translating business problems into executable delivery plans.
• Experience leading engineers or teams and delivering outcomes; comfortable contributing to proposals and account growth.

Responsibilities

• Own the engagement end-to-end and be accountable for client relationship and delivery outcomes.
• Turn client problems into delivery plans with clear objectives, scope and roadmap.
• Own the technical solution: shape architecture, stay hands-on, ensure high engineering quality.
• Lead and manage the team, provide direction and feedback to help the team perform.
• Help grow our business by identifying opportunities within existing accounts and contributing to pre-sales.

Skills

Engagement leadership

Client relationship management

Technical leadership

System design

Cross-functional collaboration

GenAI / AI Engineering

Data Engineering

Cloud & Data Platforms

ML / Data Science

Job description

Unit8 is seeking a Technical Engagement Lead to own complex Data & AI engagements from problem to delivery. You will bridge client leadership, architecture, and hands-on engineering, translating client goals into a practical delivery approach and guiding the technical team to success.

This role offers growth into broader delivery and client leadership while staying close to technology. You will coordinate cross-functional workstreams, mentor senior engineers, and shape solutions across GenAI,