Lead Software Engineer

Iq Staffing B V — Netherlands · Posted ~2 hours ago

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Skills

Production RAG LLM integration Platform infrastructure Cloud infrastructure Retrieval evaluation Production services Technical leadership RAG LLMs Chatbots Document processing Platform engineering

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A hands-on lead engineering role responsible for a production RAG and conversational AI platform. You will improve retrieval and response quality, integrate LLM capabilities into reliable services, maintain a document-processing pipeline, monitor performance, and coordinate technical delivery across autonomous workstreams.

Highlights

Take technical ownership of a production AI platform and lead improvements in retrieval accuracy, response quality, evaluation, and reliability. The role combines hands-on infrastructure engineering with technical leadership and direct collaboration with demanding internal users.

Description

An opportunity for a Lead Engineer to join a leading financial institution in the Netherlands. You will take technical ownership of a production RAG and chatbot platform built on a document-processing pipeline. The focus is on improving retrieval accuracy, response quality and platform capability while keeping the existing document-processing environment stable. This position suits a hands-on platform or infrastructure engineer with production RAG experience and the credibility to lead through technical expertise. You can align autonomous workstreams, translate priorities into delivery and work directly with demanding internal users in a fast-moving environment. Responsibilities: Build and improve the infrastructure behind a production RAG platform.Improve retrieval accuracy, chatbot response quality and evaluation methods.Integrate LLM capabilities into reliable production services.Keep the document-processing pipeline stable and maintainable.Monitor platform performance and resolve production issues.Align autonomous workstreams around shared priorities and engineering practices.Turn technical priorities into visible, consistent delivery.Support internal users and translate their feedback into clear actions.Act as the technical anchor across the wider platform landscape. Requirements: Strong infrastructure and platform engineering experience.Hands-on experience building and operating production-grade systems.Practical RAG expertise, including retrieval pipelines, vector search and evaluation.Understanding of how retrieval and response quality can degrade in production.Experience integrating LLMs into real applications or platforms.Strong Python and modern back-end development expertise.Experience with FastAPI or a comparable framework.Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure.Knowledge of document-processing pipelines.Strong production operations, monitoring and troubleshooting skills.Ability to align teams and influence engineers without formal authority.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.Comfortable working under pressure in a visible, delivery-focused environment.