Lead AI Native Engineer (Software Engineering)

About the role

Build. Scale. Sustain. We are a global technology consultancy with a trademarked, AI-first engineering approach for accelerating the delivery of digital products, and revolutionizing platform modernization. We do the right thing, and we do it right. We're proud to be a World Economic Forum New Champion, and a B Corp-certified company. We are small enough to care locally, big enough to deliver globally : 5 continents, 10 countries, +500 experts from +50 nationalities across the Americas, Europe and APAC We are robust and resilient : 100% independent and 0 debt We are entrepreneurs and passionate experts : We invest in what we believe genuinely and work as a collective intelligence We are positive, courageous, caring, doers and committed to excellence About Gen-e2TM While the market is still largely AI-augmenting delivery, we have reinvented the SDLC to be AI First. Leveraging our 16 years expertise in digital transformation, our approach is a game-changer in productivity and quality, with a strong collaboration between IA generative and our best Talents: We now generate 95% of the entire product - code, documentation, infrastructure as code, and even design powered by GitHub Copilot. The quality consistently exceeds the output of our best traditional engineering teams. A product repository houses all product artefacts, giving AI full project context for higher-quality generation. A library of rules and prompts defines coding standards, design principles, and security guidelines, ensuring enterprise-grade quality and scalability. With Gen-e2TM, we deliver end-to-end products 2-3× faster than traditional approaches, while raising the bar for engineering excellence. YOUR ROLE At Palo IT, technical leads are expected to be AI-native by default and act as technical authorities for their teams and projects. As a Technical Lead (AI-Native) , you will own the technical direction and project execution for engineering teams while actively embedding AI and Generative AI into how teams work by default. You will lead and manage a team of engineers, providing full-stack expertise, establishing best practices, and ensuring delivery excellence. Working closely with clients, project teams, and business stakeholders, you will shepherd technical decision-making and provide thought-leadership through both traditional development practices and AI-augmented workflows. You will apply Palo IT's Gen-E2 methodology to drive quality, speed, and responsible AI adoption across projects and teams.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Delivery Ownership
• Own the technical direction and roadmap for engineering projects.
• Provide full-stack expertise to the engineering team and establish best practices on code quality and performance.
• Shepherd technical decision-making process and provide thought-leadership.
• Provide architecture-level and code-level feedback for the engineering team.
• Build confidence in project delivery through automated testing, continuous integration, monitoring and analytics.
• Monitor project progress and delivery quality across teams.
• Ensure timelines, outcomes, and engineering standards are met.
• AI-Native & Gen-E2 Leadership (Core Expectation)
• Champion AI-native ways of working across the team, including AI-assisted development, testing, and documentation.
• Define and enforce AI/GenAI best practices , including:
• Prompt and context engineering standards
• Output validation, guardrails, and fallback strategies
• Code review standards for AI-generated code
• Stay current with emerging GenAI trends and tools and translate them into practical, value-driven implementations.
• Act as a technical authority and coach on Gen-E2 practices and responsible AI/GenAI adoption.
• People Leadership & Team Management
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers to deliver high-quality code and projects.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and career development planning for team members.
• Manage performance through clear goal setting, regular feedback and reviews, and identification of growth opportunities.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative, and learning-driven culture .
• Recruit and build high-performing engineering teams.
• Consulting, Clients & Growth
• Collaborate with clients to understand business problems, design solutions, and lead implementation.
• Partner with Sales and Presales teams to shape proposals, solution approaches, and contribute to technical responses and estimations.
• Contribute to reusable assets, accelerators, and frameworks to scale delivery efficiency.
• Support Palo IT thought leadership through research, experimentation, and publication.
• Must-Have Experience
• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience including recent experience in client and team management .
• Proven experience leading and mentoring engineering teams .
• Deep technological expertise in fullstack development . Preferred technologies include ReactJS for frontend development and NodeJS/Java/Python for

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