smartwith heart
Tech Lead /AI Python Developer
Antwerp, Belgium - Product Development department
Are you a born innovator and are you passionate about artificial intelligence (AI)? Do you enjoy exploring the possibilities that AI technology offers and do you want to build practical AI solutions that can support business goals? Ready to join a place where smart solutions meet human collaboration?
Read on! We have the perfect job for you.
Our offer
We offer you more than just a job. Our culture and benefits inspire you to become the best version of yourself.
- Continuous learning: Access customized training, coaching programs, and on-the-job development opportunities.
- Flexibility: Flex your schedule with working from home, adaptable hours, and the autonomy to shape your routine.
- Benefits: An attractive salary package including an optional company car, a bike incentive program, additional extralegal vacation days, and other competitive benefits.
- Collaborative culture: Cross-team collaboration and creative challenges that encourage you to share knowledge, celebrate wins, and grow together.
- Innovation: Encouragement to think differently through cross-team collaboration and innovation challenges
- Well-being: Thrive in a workplace that supports your physical and mental health by promoting a wide range of facilities and activities like birthday events, sports sessions, in-house coaches, and healthy meal options.
Our company
We’re a leading game changer that optimizes supply chains with our very own smart software and services. With a team of 1,400+ passionate, creative minds from over 70 nationalities, we help the world’s largest companies to run their supply chains more efficiently and sustainably. Our customers include BASF, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal, Nestlé, and Procter & Gamble. Ready to be smart with heart? Join our team where technical expertise and human connection create solutions that scale globally and make a lasting impression.
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Your challenge
As a Senior AI Software Engineer, you design and build AI-powered solutions, from early experimentation to production-ready implementation. You combine rapid learning and pragmatic delivery with solid engineering practices to quickly turn ideas into working prototypes, validate their value, and evolve the strongest concepts into robust software. At the same time, you help to accelerate AI adoption across our organization and use practical guidance, reusable approaches, and hands-on collaboration to enable OMP development teams to adopt AI-assisted development approaches confidently and responsibly.
You are responsible for:
- Prototyping AI-powered features and developer tools to validate user needs, technical feasibility, and business value.
- Developing production-grade Python applications and services that integrate Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, APIs, and enterprise data sources.
- Turning successful prototypes into secure, scalable, maintainable, observable, and well-tested solutions.
- Introducing AI-assisted development practices, reusable workflows, and practical guidance that improve developer productivity and software quality.
- Coaching and collaborating with developers through demonstrations, pairing, knowledge sharing, and hands-on experimentation.
- Evaluating emerging AI technologies pragmatically, identifying risks early, and contributing to sound technical design and engineering standards.
About you
Essential talents and qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience as a full-stack developer, particularly with a focus on AI and cloud solutions.
- Demonstrable experience with Azure AI and Azure Foundry.
- A solid understanding of how to customize and extend AI models and services, including Copilot.
- Strong coding proficiency in languages such as Python and JavaScript, and familiarity with relevant frameworks.
Bonus points if you have:
- Experience with Azure DevOps and agile development practices.
- Previous experience creating solutions that span multiple organizational domains such as HR, legal, finance, quality, software development.
- An interest in continuous learning and an adaptability to rapidly evolving technologies.
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Your future
We find the perfect intersection of your talents and our evolving needs. Our talent management program supports your personal development and empowers you to build a career in line with your ambitions.This role offers the opportunity to pioneer how AI shapes our future—laying the foundation for career growth in an AI-centric role within a dynamic organization.