Engineering Lead (Digital Assets & AI)

About the Position

IntellectEU is an international technology company focused on digital finance and emerging technologies. We are committed to building a better future with the newest technologies and are seeking a highly driven Engineering Lead (Digital Assets & AI) to join our team in Poland (Remote).

This role ensures architectural coherence, engineering quality, and scalable delivery while shaping how AI agents are designed, governed, and integrated into blockchain-based and regulated systems.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Coordination & Technical Governance

  • Align and coordinate technical leads across roles and ensure architectural consistency across projects.
  • Define and enforce engineering standards and own technological choices and selection of tooling for the practice.

• AI & Agentic AI Strategy and Standardization

  • Ensure consistent use of AI frameworks, orchestration layers, and integration patterns.
  • Set standards for designing and implementing Agentic AI systems.
  • Establish AI governance (traceability, explainability, compliance, monitoring).

• Digital Assets Engineering Excellence

  • Ensure scalable and secure blockchain integrations.
  • Validate smart contract and distributed system architecture decisions.
  • Ensure DevSecOps alignment in regulated environments.

• Delivery & Technical Risk Management

  • Partner with Product and Delivery leads to ensure realistic engineering planning.
  • Identify technical risks early and drive mitigation strategies.

• Engineering Maturity & Continuous Improvement

  • Define and track engineering KPIs and promote automation and AI-assisted engineering productivity.
  • Develop structured improvement initiatives and foster a culture of technical excellence and ownership.

Requirements

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills in English
• Capability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly

Core Engineering

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering
• 3–5+ years of experience in senior technical leadership roles
• Strong experience with cloud-native architectures (Azure/AWS/GCP)
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservices
• Strong DevSecOps knowledge
• Experience designing scalable production systems

Digital Assets & Blockchain

• Experience with blockchain platforms (enterprise or public)
• Understanding of smart contracts and distributed ledger concepts
• Familiarity with secure transaction systems and regulated environments
• Knowledge about DeFi concepts

AI & Agentic AI

• Experience integrating AI with external APIs, smart contracts, or transactional systems
• Experience with LLM architectures, agent-based and multi-agent systems, AI observability, governance, and MLOps/model lifecycle management

Engineering Process & Tooling

• Deep experience with CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Skilled in observability, monitoring, and system performance tools
• Strong knowledge of quality tooling and testing frameworks

Nice to Have

• Knowledge about Canton and EVM-based chains
• Knowledge of tokenization, custody, or digital asset lifecycle

We Offer

• International experience in a stable company with offices in Antwerp, Lisbon, Krakow, Kyiv, New York, and more.
• Passionate team in an innovative, casual, positive, and open work environment.
• Great opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Work where you're most productive: remote, in-office, or hybrid options available.

About the Company

IntellectEU is dedicated to becoming the top-of-mind fintech company. We give rising talent and industry veterans the space to explore, launch ideas, and collaborate closely with our clients. With our technical hands-on experience in payments, blockchain, and capital markets, there’s no challenge that’s left unsolved.