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Position: AI/ML Engineering Lead (B2B / Freelancer Contract) Location: Remote open to candidates based in the European Union, Serbia, or Moldova Role Overview We are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced AI/ML Engineering Lead to join their Agentic AI Factory , where you will guide a high-performing team of AI Solutions Engineers in designing, delivering, and scaling state-of-the-art Agentic AI solutions. Reporting directly to the Factory Manager, you will coordinate technical direction, best practices, and team resources, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines strategic oversight with practical involvement in architecture, development, and deployment of AI systems. You will serve as the teams primary technical point of reference, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest standards of scalability, reliability, and responsible AI compliance. Key Responsibilities Allocate engineering resources effectively to balance workload, meet delivery deadlines, and ensure optimal business impact. Oversee the technical design, architecture, and code quality of AI solutions, ensuring compliance with standards for scalability, security, and responsible AI. Act as the main escalation point for complex engineering issues, providing technical guidance and hands-on problem resolution. Maintain active technical involvement in key projects, including prototyping, modeling, integration, and deployment of AI solutions. Collaborate with product owners, project managers, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable technical requirements. Support prioritization of AI use cases, assess technical feasibility, and plan resource allocation across the engineering function. Foster continuous improvement in engineering practices, covering DevOps/MLOps, prompt engineering, model optimization, and cloud deployment workflows. Lead the development of reusable components, frameworks, and b