AI Tech Director

You will

• Lead boardroom conversations on technology and AI with senior client stakeholders, serving as the credible counterpart to their CTO.

• Set and own the technical vision and architecture standards across our AI engagements, balancing transformative potential against practical limitations and risk.

• Steer and mentor our GenAI engineering teams, guiding architectural choices, raising the quality bar and resolving the hardest technical bottlenecks.

• Support commercial work as the technical counterpart: providing input for pitches, joining pitches, and contributing to proposals, scoping and budgeting.

• Spot emerging AI capabilities and shifts in the market, and translate them into concrete strategic advice for clients and into our own positioning.

• Validate feasibility and risks of AI use cases, including data security, privacy, licensing and responsible AI considerations.

• Direct and oversee the journey to production: keeping teams focused on the critical priorities, resolving bottlenecks, anticipating challenges and safeguarding delivery quality.

You have

• At least 10 years of engineering experience, of which a minimum of 3 years working hands-on with AI.

• A proven track record of building, not just advising. Maybe you founded a startup, launched a new proposition, or brought a product to market.

• An entrepreneurial mindset and a self-starting attitude: you take ownership, move fast, and turn ideas into something tangible.

• The presence and credibility to lead technical and AI conversations at boardroom level.

• A proven track record of architecting and overseeing the delivery of complex, scalable AI solutions.

• Hands-on experience of LLMs, vector databases, embeddings, prompt engineering, retrieval setups, fine-tuning and model evaluation methods.

• Experience integrating AI services (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Meta and Fal.ai).

• Strong software engineering skills in TypeScript and/or Python, with experience building real backend systems and data pipelines.

• Proven experience deploying scalable applications in Azure, GCP or AWS, and running them reliably in production.

• Experience with Docker, CI/CD and modern DevOps practices, and the ability to move a solution from “it works on my laptop” to “it runs reliably in the cloud”.

• A pragmatic mindset, and the ability to judge when AI is the right tool and when it is not.

• The ability to turn vague client questions into concrete technical solutions.

• Strong commercial instincts: comfort contributing to pitches, proposals, scoping and budgeting as the technical authority, without needing to hunt deals yourself.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams.

• Curiosity, creativity and enthusiasm for exploring new AI capabilities and patterns.

Bonus points if you have

• Experience with machine learning, computer vision, generative images or multimodal models.

• Experience in consultancy or client-facing environments.

Please note: we don't hire applicants living outside the European Union.

What do we offer?

• We offer a salary up to € 10.100 per month, depending on your experience and profile. This includes a maximum pension plan, holiday allowance and internet allowance.

• 25 vacation days, NS-Business Card, bike lease, a laptop and all the tools you need to do your job well.

• A flexible workspace in our office in the center of Amsterdam or Rotterdam. We appreciate it if you are regularly present at the office, but it is also possible to work from home on a regular basis.

• A delicious daily lunch, chair massages, Friday drinks and company outings.

• An entrepreneurial and inspiring environment with plenty of room for your own ideas, initiative and experimentation.

• Significant opportunities for personal and professional development, with coaching and mentoring as core elements, supported by training and courses across the Eidra group.

• The chance to work for global clients and collaborate with colleagues across our offices in the Nordics, US and Germany, including an onboarding week in Stockholm to kickstart your journey.