Founding Technical Lead – AI & Platform Engineering

A VastBlue Innovations é uma startup sediada no Funchal (fundada em 2025) que desenvolve uma plataforma de IA multi‑agente capaz de automatizar fluxos empresariais.

O roadmap a médio prazo inclui hardware proprietário de edge computing (VB‑EDGE‑1) e um programa de I&D orientado a patentes, para afirmar a Madeira como polo deep‑tech.

Detalhe da Oferta:

Our first strategic full-time hire in Madeira: a senior engineer who can ship production-grade AI/agent infrastructure and lay the groundwork.

Grow into our future Madeira Operations Director. Must be Resident of Madeira. Annual Gross Salary: €34,000 - €36,000 per year

Key Responsibilities

•Ship Core Platform – implement backend APIs, orchestration logic and DevOps pipelines (Python/Go/TypeScript, Docker/K8s)

•Local Technical Leadership – mentor Universidade da Madeira interns; run weekly code reviews and tech talks

•P&L-Aware Delivery – scope work against margin targets; report quarterly cost-versus-revenue for the verticals you touch

•Future Site Lead – within 12–18 months, assume Director status for Madeira operations, satisfying IBC local-management rules

Compensation & Benefits:

•Annual Gross Salary: €34,000 - €36,000 per year

•Equity Package: 0.50% fully-diluted, 4-year vest, 1-year cliff

Benefits:

•22 paid days holiday

•Learning stipend

•Path to Madeira Operations Director

Requirements

•2+ years full-stack OR platform engineering; solid CI/CD and container orchestration

•Must be resident in Madeira

•Production experience with LLMs/ML (fine-tuning, embeddings, vector DB)

•Demonstrated mentoring/teaching track record

•English fluency; Portuguese conversational (or commitment to learn)

Why Join VastBlue:

- Equity & IP credit – 0.50% stake plus named contributions on patents

- Technical canvas is blank – shape infra decisions that power VB1 hardware later

- Fast leadership track – you become the local director

- Regional impact – mentor local talent and anchor the Madeira tech ecosystem

How to Apply?

Email

work@vastblueinnovations.com

with subject "Founding Technical Lead – Madeira"

Required Documents:

- CV + links to two code/infra examples ( POSTMAN, Github, personal website, whatever work for you ), with LLMs/ML (fine-tuning, embeddings, vector DB)

- One-page plan outlining your first 60 days as a founding Tech lead member ( there is no right or wrong answer, want to see your thought process, considerations you would take and how you would go about things )

- Why this vertical? What do you see in it? What fire does this bring to your core?

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