Senior AI Technical Lead / Engineering Manager

Department: Engineering / AI Platforms

Experience Level: 8 Years (2 in Leadership)

Focus: Full-Stack, Python, React, LLMs & RAG

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Lead / Engineering Manager to lead the development of AIpowered applications that combine modern web technologies, Large Language Models (LLMs), vector search, and robust backend services. This role balances technical leadership, architecture ownership, team development, and hands-on engineering, guiding a small, highly skilled team across frontend, backend, data, and AI platforms.

Core Profile: A technical leader with 8 years of software engineering experience and 2 years leading teams, combining depth in Python/FastAPI/PostgreSQL and React/TypeScript with hands-on LLM, RAG, and vector database experience. Capable of making sound architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, aligning crossfunctional stakeholders, and remaining hands-on enough to guide complex AI solutions while building a highperforming engineering culture.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

8 years of professional software engineering experience, including demonstrated technical leadership.





2 years leading engineering teams, technical projects, or large-scale software initiatives.

Solid Python expertise (FastAPI, async programming, modern typing, and scalable service design).

Strong PostgreSQL experience (schema design, migrations, query performance tuning, and data architecture).

Strong React and TypeScript experience building and leading production web applications.

Hands-on proficiency with the TanStack ecosystem, React 19, Vite, shadcn/ui, and pnpm.

Experience defining architecture and engineering standards for modern full-stack web applications.

Experience integrating OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar enterprise LLM platforms.

Strong understanding of embeddings, vector databases, RAG patterns, prompt engineering, and modern AI application design patterns.

Experience establishing testing strategies, automated CI/CD practices, and quality engineering standards.

Proven ability to lead distributed teams, align diverse stakeholders, and drive multiple concurrent initiatives.

Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal leadership skills.

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