Engineering Lead (Digital Assets & AI)

IntellectEU; Poland; On-site; PLN 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote/Hybrid work options

International projects

Job summary

IntellectEU in Poland seeks an Engineering Lead to coordinate Digital Assets and AI initiatives, with a strong focus on evolving and standardizing Agentic AI. You will ensure architectural coherence, engineering quality, and scalable delivery while shaping how AI agents are designed, governed, and integrated in blockchain-based, regulated systems.

The role leads a matrix of Architecture, Backend, Frontend, DevOps, Security, AI/Data, and QA, driving production-grade standards, risk management,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3–5+ years in senior technical leadership roles.
• Strong experience with cloud-native architectures (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices.
• Strong DevSecOps knowledge.
• Experience designing scalable production systems.
• Excellent English communication.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical leads across Architecture, Backend, Frontend, DevOps, Security, AI/Data, and QA.
• Define and enforce engineering standards and tooling choices.
• Set standards for Agentic AI design, governance, and integration.
• Ensure scalable blockchain integrations and secure systems.
• Identify risks early and drive mitigation strategies.
• Drive engineering KPIs and continuous improvement.

Skills

Cloud-native architectures

Distributed systems

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Observability

Testing frameworks

English proficiency

Tools

Azure/AWS/GCP

Job description

IntellectEU is an international technology company focused on digital finance and emerging technologies. At IntellectEU we are on a mission to become the top-of-mind fintech company. We are committed to our people and believe in building a better future with the newest technologies. We give rising talent and industry veterans the space to explore, launch ideas, and collaborate closely with our clients. With our technical hands-on experience in payments, blockchain and capital markets, there’s no challenge that’s left unsolved. Over the past two decades, we have earned our expertise in financial technology, executing on hundreds of complex integrations and co-creating new digital asset platforms alongside our clients.

We are seeking a highly driven Engineering Lead to coordinate engineering excellence across Digital Assets and AI initiatives, with a strong focus on evolving and standardizing our use of Agentic AI. This role ensures architectural coherence, engineering quality, and scalable delivery while shaping how AI agents are designed, governed, and integrated into blockchain-based and regulated systems.

The Engineering Lead will orchestrate a matrix of technical leads (Architecture, Backend, Frontend, DevOps, Security, AI/Data, QA) and elevate our engineering maturity to production-grade standards.

Responsibilities:

Engineering Coordination & Technical Governance

• Align and coordinate technical leads across roles and ensure architectural consistency across projects
• Define and enforce engineering standards and own technological choices and selection of tooling for the practice.

AI & Agentic AI Strategy and Standardization

• Ensure consistent use of AI frameworks, orchestration layers, and integration patterns
• Set standards for designing and implementing Agentic AI systems
• Establish AI governance (traceability, explainability, compliance, monitoring)

Digital Assets Engineering Excellence

• Ensure scalable and secure blockchain integrations
• Validate smart contract and distributed system architecture decisions
• Ensure DevSecOps alignment in regulated environments

Delivery & Technical Risk Management

• Partner with Product and Delivery leads to ensure realistic engineering planning
• Identify technical risks early and drive mitigation strategies

Engineering Maturity & Continuous Improvement

• Define and track engineering KPIs and promote automation and AI-assisted engineering productivity
• Develop structured improvement initiatives and foster a culture of technical excellence and ownership

Requirements:

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills in English
• Capability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly

Core Engineering

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering
• 3–5+ years of experience in senior technical leadership roles
• Strong experience with cloud-native architectures (Azure/AWS/GCP)
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices
• Strong DevSecOps knowledge
• Experience designing scalable production systems

Digital Assets & Blockchain

• Experience with blockchain platforms (enterprise or public)
• Understanding of smart contracts and distributed ledger concepts
• Familiarity with secure transaction systems and regulated environments
• Knowledge about DeFi concepts.

AI & Agentic AI

• Experience integrating AI with external APIs, smart contracts, or transactional systems
• Experience with LLM architectures, agent-based and multi-agent systems, AI observability, governance, and MLOps/model lifecycle management.

Engineering Process & Tooling

• Deep experience with CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Skilled in observability, monitoring, and system performance tools
• Strong knowledge of quality tooling and testing frameworks

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge about Canton and EVM-based chains
• Knowledge of tokenization, custody, or digital asset lifecycle

We guarantee:

• International experience in a stable company: the company has offices in Antwerp, Lisbon, Krakow Kyiv, New York and operates on the market for over 15 years.
• Passionate team in an innovative casual, positive, and open work environment ready to meet your new ideas.
• Great opportunities for personal and professional development as well as the chance to change the way the business works in the financial world.
  
• Work where you're most productive: remote, in-office, or hybrid options available.