Head of AI/ML
Head of AI / VP of AI Engineering
Vivid Resourcing · AI Consulting / Professional Services · 10-50 employees · 📍 België, BE
First engineering leader hire at a specialist AI consultancy in Belgium, tasked with building the entire technical function from zero — architecture, hiring, infrastructure, and delivery of client-facing AI applications.
AI Maturity
building
Reports To
CEO
Why Role Exists
New position
Company Stage
startup
Source
adzuna
Key Responsibilities
- Design and own engineering architecture and development practices for AI application delivery
- Hire and manage the founding engineering team (FullStack Engineer, Data Engineer, AI Application Engineer)
- Set up infrastructure, environments, and DevOps/MLOps operations from scratch
- Ship high-quality AI applications consistently as both individual contributor and manager
- Establish engineering culture, standards, and processes for a growing consultancy
Requirements
- Hands-on engineering capability across AI application development (player-coach)
- Prior experience building or leading engineering teams from early stage
- Strong architectural and infrastructure/DevOps fundamentals
- Experience shipping production AI applications
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation details disclosed
- ⚠ Company identity hidden behind recruiter — limited due diligence possible
- ⚠ Truncated job description — full scope unclear
- ⚠ No mention of equity, which is unusual for a foundational hire at a startup
- ⚠ Recruiter posting (Vivid Resourcing) adds a layer of opacity on culture and leadership
- ✓ Clear mandate: build the engineering function end-to-end — high autonomy and ownership
- ✓ Specialist AI consultancy suggests revenue-generating AI work already exists
- ✓ Player-coach framing signals trust in technical judgment, not pure management overhead
- ✓ Founding engineer hire means significant influence over culture and technical direction