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Tech Lead, AI

Leapfrog Technology    Colombo • Full-time

As Tech Lead, AI the quality is to be a guardian for AI-augmented delivery. This is not a pure management role, they should be shipping code, reviewing AI-generated output, and making architectural decisions. They are the person who knows when to trust the AI and when to override it.

Job Description:

  • Lead technical direction on AI-augmented projects, own architecture decisions and ADRs
  • Review and validate AI-generated code; enforce quality, security, and performance standards.
  • Mentor engineers on effective use of agentic tools Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) by ensuring engineers know what these tools are doing for them.
  • Assess and benchmark AI tooling for the team - identify what genuinely accelerates delivery vs. what creates noise
  • Collaborate with the client and delivery team to scope features where AI can reduce time-to-market
  • Identify and mitigate AI-specific risks: prompt injection,hallucinated dependencies, licensing exposure in generated code
  • Champion engineering practices such as testing, observability, security all the things that remain non-negotiable in an AI-assisted workflow

Job Requirements

Education and Experience:

  • A degree (Masters preferred) in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or related fields.
  • Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience in engineering and 2+ years in leading the team.

Technical Skills:

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals - system design, testing, security, performance, independent of AI tools
  • Experience reviewing and critiquing AI-generated code at a team level, not just personal use
  • Comfortable leading a squad of 4-8 engineers in a client-facing delivery context
  • Fluent in at least one of: Node.js / TypeScript, Python, Java, Go
  • Clear communicator - able to explain trade-offs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable Skills:

  • Familiarity with LLM API integration OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, AWS Bedrock)
  • Experience with RAG pipelines or agentic workflow design
  • AWS or equivalent cloud certification
  • Nearshore or distributed team experience

Soft Skills

  • Highly motivated, self-driven, entrepreneurial mindset, and capable of solving complex analytical problems under high-pressure situations.
  • Ability to work with cross-functional and cross-regional teams.
  • Ability to lead a team of Data/AI professionals and work with senior management, technological experts, and the product team.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable with client communication.
  • Good leadership skills - ability to motivate and mentor team members, ability to plan and make sound decisions, ability to negotiate tactfully with the client and team.
  • Results-oriented, customer-focused with a passion for resolving tough technical and operational challenges.
  • Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Good documentation skills.
  • Experienced with Agile methodologies like Scrum/Kanban