AI Engineering Director
Riverflex
AI Engineering Director
Riverflex is seeking an AI Engineering Director to lead its AI engineering practice in Amsterdam. This hands-on role involves architecting and coding AI systems for blue-chip clients, scaling the team, and developing reusable accelerators. The role requires 10+ years of engineering experience with deep expertise in modern AI systems and technical leadership.
AI Engineering Director
Riverflex is seeking an AI Engineering Director to lead its AI engineering practice in Amsterdam. This hands-on role involves architecting and coding AI systems for blue-chip clients, scaling the team, and developing reusable accelerators. The role requires 10+ years of engineering experience with deep expertise in modern AI systems and technical leadership.
Salary
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Soft Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and ship AI systems for complex client engagements
- Own system design decisions across LLM-based applications, agentic architectures, RAG pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and model routing
- Serve as senior technical lead on client engagements
- Drive technical quality, code review, and engineering standards across the AI practice
- Design and ship at least one core reusable Riverflex AI accelerator within the first year
- Co-develop new client service offerings in partnership with the strategy team
- Scale the AI engineering team within 12 months — hire, calibrate, and retain
- Set the bar for engineering talent: own hiring loops, technical assessments, and onboarding
- Develop engineers through coaching, pairing, and structured growth paths
- Partner with founders in C-level client conversations
- Scope complex AI engagements, translating client problems into deliverable technical architectures
- Contribute to practice growth through commercial credibility and client trust