AI Engineering Lead

bolt; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 120 000 - 160 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

bolt is seeking a Head of AI/Engineering to lead the AI squad’s people, roadmap, and technical standards across the AI Rater, conversational AI, and internal productivity tooling—while staying hands-on.

You will design scalable AI/ML infrastructure, guide end-to-end model lifecycle, mentor engineers and data scientists, and partner with product and leadership to translate business goals into technical AI roadmaps. Governance, security, and observability are essential.

Qualificações

• 8+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years in a technical lead or engineering management role.
• Proven track record shipping AI/LLM-powered products end-to-end.
• Experience owning a technical roadmap and translating business goals into engineering plans.
• People leadership: hiring, mentoring, and performance management across AI Engineers and Senior AI Engineers.
• Cross-functional partnership with Product, Compliance/Legal, and Sales - especially on AI governance in a regulated industry.

Responsabilidades

• Designing and scaling production-ready AI/ML infrastructure, data pipelines, and system architectures.
• Leading the end-to-end lifecycle of AI models from prototyping to deployment, monitoring, and continuous integration.
• Managing, mentoring, and growing a high-performing team of AI engineers and data scientists.
• Partnering with product, design, and executive leadership to translate business goals into technical AI roadmaps.
• Evaluating and choosing optimal foundation models, open-source frameworks, and cloud AI infrastructure.
• Establishing rigorous engineering best practices, coding standards, and review processes across the AI team.
• Monitoring and optimizing cloud compute and API costs related to model training and inference.
• Ensuring AI systems comply with data privacy laws, security protocols, and ethical guardrails.
• Implementing robust observability tools to track model drift, latency, and overall system reliability.

Conhecimentos

AI Leadership

Team management

AI/LLM architecture

MLOps

Cloud infrastructure

Data pipelines

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor strategy

Model governance

Observability

Security & Privacy

Ferramentas

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Descrição da oferta de emprego

At bolt, we're on a mission to revolutionize the insurance landscape by seamlessly connecting people with the protection they need, precisely when they need it. As the world's most internationally scaled insurtech, we operate across more than 35 markets on four continents, collaborating with over 100+ leading insurers and a diverse array of business partners.

By embedding insurance solutions into everyday experiences, we’re making protection more accessible and intuitive for millions worldwide. Join us in shaping the future of insurance, where technology, innovation, and expertise converge to close the protection gap and enable proactive risk assessment and mitigation.

In this position you will...

Lead the AI squad's people, roadmap, and technical standards - translating business priorities into a coherent AI strategy across the AI Rater, conversational AI, and internal productivity tooling - while staying hands-on.

You will be responsible for...

• Designing and scaling production-ready AI/ML infrastructure, data pipelines, and system architectures.
• Leading the end-to-end lifecycle of AI models from prototyping to deployment, monitoring, and continuous integration.
• Managing, mentoring, and growing a high-performing team of AI engineers and data scientists.
• Partnering with product, design, and executive leadership to translate business goals into technical AI roadmaps.
• Evaluating and choosing optimal foundation models, open-source frameworks, and cloud AI infrastructure.
• Establishing rigorous engineering best practices, coding standards, and review processes across the AI team.
• Monitoring and optimizing cloud compute and API costs related to model training and inference.
• Ensuring AI systems comply with data privacy laws, security protocols, and ethical guardrails.
• Implementing robust observability tools to track model drift, latency, and overall system reliability.

You will require the following qualifications and skills

• 8+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years in a technical lead or engineering management role
• Proven track record leading a team that shipped AI/LLM-powered products end-to-end
• Technical depth to review architecture, set engineering standards (prompting, evaluation, guardrails), and unblock the team hands-on
• Experience owning a technical roadmap and translating business goals (automated rating, lead qualification, agent copilots) into engineering plans
• People leadership: hiring, mentoring, and performance management across AI Engineers and Senior AI Engineers
• Cross-functional partnership with Product, Compliance/Legal, and Sales - especially on AI governance in a regulated industry
• Experience with vendor/model strategy: evaluating LLM providers, cost/performance tradeoffs, build-vs-buy calls
• Strong grasp of LLMOps and the infrastructure needed to scale AI features reliably across a SaaS platform
• Skilled at communicating AI strategy, risk, and results to non-technical stakeholders and leadership
• Stays hands-on with AI-assisted engineering tools and retains technical credibility with the team

Diversity and Inclusion

At bolt, we are diverse and inclusive. We value each person's unique skills, background, and identity. We never discriminate on cultural background, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital or family status or any legally protected status. Everyone belongs. And because everyone’s different, we’re also flexible in the ways we work, so each person can bring their best efforts every day.