AI-Native Lead (Software)

**Who We Are** **Build. Scale. Sustain.** We are a global technology consultancy with a trademarked, AI-first engineering approach for accelerating the delivery of digital products, and revolutionizing platform modernization. **We do the right thing, and we do it right.** We're proud to be a World Economic Forum New Champion, and a B Corp-certified company. - We are **small enough to care locally, big enough to deliver globally**: 5 continents, 10 countries, +500 experts from +50 nationalities across the Americas, Europe and APAC - We are **robust and resilient**: 100% independent and 0 debt - We are **entrepreneurs and passionate experts**: We invest in what we believe genuinely and work as a collective intelligence - We are **positive, courageous, caring, doers and committed to excellence** **About Gen-e2TM** While the market is still largely AI-augmenting delivery, we have reinvented the SDLC to be AI First. Leveraging our 16 years expertise in digital transformation, our approach is a game-changer in productivity and quality, with a strong collaboration between IA generative and our best Talents: - We now generate 95% of the entire product — code, documentation, infrastructure as code, and even design powered by GitHub Copilot. - The quality consistently exceeds the output of our best traditional engineering teams. - A product repository houses all product artefacts, giving AI full project context for higher-quality generation. - A library of rules and prompts defines coding standards, design principles, and security guidelines, ensuring enterprise-grade quality and scalability. With Gen-e2TM, we deliver end-to-end products 2–3× faster than traditional approaches, while raising the bar for engineering excellence. **YOUR ROLE** At Palo IT, **AI-Native Leads** are expected to be **AI-Native by default** and act as **technical authorities** for their teams and projects. As a **AI-Native Lead**, you will own the technical direction and project execution for engineering teams while actively embedding AI and Generative AI into how teams work by default. You will lead and manage a team of engineers, providing full-stack expertise, establishing best practices, and ensuring delivery excellence. Working closely with clients, project teams, and business stakeholders, you will **shepherd technical decision-making** and provide **thought-leadership** through both traditional development practices and AI-augmented workflows. You will apply Palo IT's **Gen-E2 methodology** to drive quality, speed, and responsible AI adoption across projects and teams. **Key Responsibilities** **Technical Leadership & Delivery Ownership** - **Own the technical direction and roadmap** for engineering projects. - **Provide full-stack expertise** to the engineering team and establish best practices on code quality and performance. - **Shepherd technical decision-making process** and provide thought-leadership. - **Provide architecture-level and code-level feedback** for the engineering team. - **Build confidence in project delivery** through automated testing, continuous integration, monitoring and analytics. - **Monitor project progress and delivery quality** across teams. - Ensure **timelines, outcomes, and engineering standards** are met. **AI-Native & Gen-E2 Leadership (Core Expectation)** - **Champion AI-Native ways of working** across the team, including AI-assisted development, testing, and documentation. - **Define and enforce AI/GenAI best practices**, including: - Prompt and context engineering standards - Output validation, guardrails, and fallback strategies - Code review standards for AI-generated code - **Stay current with emerging GenAI trends and tools** and translate them into practical, value-driven implementations. - **Act as a technical authority and coach** on Gen-E2 practices and responsible AI/GenAI adoption. **People Leadership & Team Management** - **Lead and mentor a team of engineers** to deliver high-quality code and projects. -…