Director of Engineering - AI

Director of Engineering — Remote (EU)

My client is a fast-growing, product-led tech company building intuitive tools for teams. They’re hiring a senior engineering leader to own delivery, scale their platform, and quietly accelerate new AI-powered capabilities across the product. This role is fully remote (EU timezones only).

Why this role is exciting

• You’ll shape the engineering org end-to-end: hiring, structure, processes and technical vision.
• The product is mature enough to scale but still early-stage in machine learning/AI features — you’ll have real influence to define how AI becomes a reliable product differentiator (no hype: practical, user-focused ML/AI work).
• High ownership: set roadmap trade-offs, introduce modern engineering practices, and drive measurable impact on user outcomes.

What you’ll own

• Lead and grow an engineering team (hands-on leadership + strategic hiring and mentoring).
• Own technical roadmap, architecture and delivery for a SaaS product used by distributed teams.
• Partner with Product, Design and Data to turn business priorities into reliable, secure, and scalable systems.
• Drive the introduction and productionisation of AI/ML-driven features — from prototyping through monitoring, evaluation and safe rollout.
• Improve engineering KPIs: reliability, velocity, quality, and observability.
• Ensure compliance with EU data protection and security expectations.

About you (what we’re looking for)

• 8+ years in engineering with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role (Head/Director/VP of Eng).
• Strong track record scaling SaaS products and engineering teams.
• Experience shipping features that touch data, analytics or ML/AI (you don’t need to be a research scientist — proven delivery of data-driven products is what matters).
• Comfortable with cloud-native architectures, CI/CD, microservices or well-structured monoliths, and production monitoring.
• Excellent stakeholder skills: you can represent engineering to execs, align cross-functional teams, and translate technical trade-offs into product outcomes.
• Experience working remotely and managing distributed teams across EU timezones.
• Fluent in English; EU-based residency required for this fully-remote role.

Nice-to-haves (not strict requirements)

• Hands-on experience with ML model lifecycle (prototyping, model ops, A/B or rollout strategies).
• Familiarity with privacy-first product design (GDPR-aware architectures).
• Experience hiring senior engineering managers and building engineering culture.

What my client offers

• Remote-first culture (EU hours) with flexible working.
• A compact, high-impact environment where leadership decisions are visible and move the needle.
• Budget for professional development, conferences, and hardware.
• Competitive compensation package (salary + benefits / equity depending on seniority).