Lead AI Application Engineer

About Us

BOI is pioneering the field of AI strategy and applied AI, partnering with large-scale, ambitious businesses around the world to ideate, design, and build AI products that transform the way they work. We don’t just help organizations imagine what’s possible - we build the software that turns that vision into reality.

We work across different sectors and functions and have built a world-class team that unites commercial expertise, smart strategy, and technology. If you’re passionate about building enterprise AI products from 0->1 and leading projects at the forefront of AI innovation, we’d love to meet you!

About the Role

We are looking for a Lead AI Application Engineer to integrate foundational models into innovative tools and workflows for our clients, with a strong focus on building agentic tools that adapt and respond to complex user needs. You will be at the forefront of AI-powered product development, focusing on embedding foundational models into applications, building workflows, and ensuring seamless performance. The ideal candidate has experience working in a consulting or agency environment and thrives in dynamic, project-based work.
This is a hands-on role where you will be responsible for building and implementing systems from the ground up. You would write production-level code while defining processes and best practices for future team growth.

Responsibilities

• Integrate APIs for foundational models (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face) into scalable applications.
• Develop and optimize workflows for foundational model use cases, including prompt engineering, embedding generation, and real-time decision-making for agentic tools.
• Implement and manage vector-based search systems and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) setups.
• Monitor the performance of AI systems, troubleshoot issues, and improve outputs to align with client needs.
• Collaborate with data engineers to integrate harmonized data into AI workflows.
• Work with full-stack engineers to embed AI functionalities into user-facing applications.
• Stay updated on the latest advancements in AI APIs, tools, and techniques to deliver innovative solutions.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• A minimum of 6 years of professional experience in software engineering, with at least 1 year of experience working on AI applications.
• Proven experience working in a consulting or agency environment on project-based work.
• Strong knowledge of foundational model APIs and experience AI application builds.
• Ability to translate complex client needs into technical solutions using foundational models.
• Experience building tools with agentic capabilities to adapt and automate workflows.
• Advanced English skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively in an international team.

We offer the following benefits

• 25 days of annual holiday allowance
• Company car or mobility budget
• WFH allowance
• Company laptop & phone
• Meal Vouchers
• Social allowance
• Ecocheques
• Sports and Culture cheques
• Annual bonus