Senior Lead Developer AI & Platform Innovator

At Vicoland were rewriting the rules of the professional services market. We give freelancers and small teams the tools to come together as virtual companies (Vicos) and compete on the global stage. Our digital platform provides the legal organizational and transactional infrastructure that empowers teams to deliver highcalibre projects for Fortune500 companies and nimble clients alike.

Weve already partnered with names like Netflix Siemens and WPP. Our work has been appraised by leading players such as SAP Forrester and Manpower. Now were gearing up for the next leap. Were looking for someone who doesnt just codebut leads innovates and leverages AI to build the future of our platform.

Tasks

• Use AI to aggressively ship high-quality code. We expect you to be on top of the latest tools models and trends in AI-assisted software engineering. Using AI is not anymore on the side but it is your main development tool. We expect you to be amazing at prompting to know when to leverage different models and to have first-hand experience with Claude Code or Cursor. At the same time we expect you know when not to use LLMs and instead debug or design an algorithm by hand. Were not looking for vibe coders.
• Architect and build AIfirst software solutions for complex userstories: scalable robust maintainable.
• Work closely with stakeholdersincluding product management and UX designto deliver endtoend innovations.
• Own the full development pipeline: from technical design and development through deployment to production monitoring.
• Lead architectural discussions codereviews retrospectives; mentor fellow engineers.
• Champion AIpowered features: integrate LLMs RAG pipelines agentic workflows embeddings and deep learning frameworks to unlock business value.

Requirements

• Strong handson record of building productiongrade software preferably with AI components (LLMs embeddings PyTorch/TensorFlow RAG pipelines autonomous agents).
• A truly agnostic approach to stack and tools: you pick the right tech for the problemnot viceversa.
• Exceptional autonomy: able to selfdrive yet know when to collaborate and escalate.
• Ability to thoughtfully challenge ideas and drive constructive discussions (colleagues product owners CTO).
• A strong respectful team player: highly autonomous but grounded in humility and partnership.
• You reside within 3 hours of Central European Time (to enable effective collaboration).

Bonus

• Prior experience integrating AI into SaaS business workflows.
• Familiarity with modern AItooling ecosystem (agents memory systems vector databases).
• Experience leading a tech team or architecting across the stackfrom frontend to infrastructure.

Benefits

• Youll work in an international closelyknit team of highperformers and entrepreneurial spirits.
• Remotefriendly flexible work hours.
• Exceptional compensation Participation in our ESOP program (IPO upside).
• Growth mindset: Hard skills are importantbut mindset matters more. If you meet most of the requirements and youre hungry to learn apply anyway.

If youre a highimpact engineer who thrives on autonomy drives real results and is passionate about applying AI to change how teams worklets talk. Even if you dont check every bullet above but you bring exceptional drive creativity and a growth mindset please applywe believe the right mindset counts more than checkboxes.