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Lead Data Engineer - AI Search (all genders) Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. The opportunity At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries. We are proud of: The work we do and the innovation we drive Our values of share, care and dare A workplace culture that fosters creativity, diversity and autonomy Our borderless, global framework, which enables seamless collaboration The Role   We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer — AI Search (all genders)  to join Valtech and lead enterprise-scale AI, search, and conversational platform initiatives.At Valtech, we design and build scalable, high-performance digital solutions at the intersection of cloud engineering, AI, data, and experience design. The Tech Lead is responsible for mature study and translating architecture into scalable and production-ready solutions. This role drives detailed technical design choices, secures delivery quality, and coordinates development and integration activities across multidisciplinary teams. You will thrive in this role if you: Are comfortable owning architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy Enjoy mentoring engineers and raising overall engineering maturity Can clearly communicate technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and scalability concerns Balance delivery needs with long-term platform health Key responsibilities Define detailed technical design, components, interfaces, and integration patterns. Lead development teams and enforce engineering standards and best practices. Coordinate architecture, cloud/platform, data, QA, and business stakeholders. Ensure delivery quality through testing, observability, and application security practices Guide teams on GCP and AI Search implementation patterns Lead technical discovery, estimation, and solution design workshops Identify technical risks and propose mitigation strategies early Ensure scalable, reliable, and production-ready AI solutions Contribute hands-on in complex and high-impact technical areas Support industrialization and operationalization of AI and search use cases Must have qualifications 7+ years of professional software engineering experience in enterprise environments Strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and AI ecosystems Experience with AI Search, conversational AI, and generative AI integrations Strong application architecture, API design, and enterprise integration experience Solid understanding of cloud-native, microservices, and event-driven architectures Experience with CI/CD pipelines, software quality, observability, and cloud security best practices Experience working with Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code Technical leadership experience, including mentoring engineers and guiding technical decisions Ability to collaborate across architecture, engineering, cloud, and data teams Strong communication and stakeholder management skills Experience delivering enterprise-scale digital solutions in Agile environments Backend development experience with Java and/or Python Advanced level of French and English If you do not meet all the listed qualifications or have gaps in your experience, we still encourage you to apply. At Valtech, we recognize that talent comes in many forms, and we value diverse perspectives and a willingness to learn. Commitment to reaching all kinds of peop