Engineering Tech Lead (Java | AI/LLM)

Antal is a leading recruitment and HR advisory company present in Poland since 1996 with expansion to the Czech Republic and Hungary. They employ around 150 professionals across the CEE region offering specialist and executive recruitment, employee outsourcing, HR consulting, employer branding, and market research. Their division-based structure combines deep industry expertise with functional specialisation, providing tailored solutions across sectors and acting as a trusted partner for employers and candidates.

• Proven experience as a Tech Lead, Lead Engineer, or Senior Software Engineer.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and React.
• Experience with Kafka, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
• Solid knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience working with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience delivering LLM-powered applications into production, including Prompt Engineering, prompt evaluation (e.g. LangSmith, PromptFlow, Braintrust), structured outputs, function/tool calling, and agent orchestration.

Nice to have:

• Experience designing autonomous or multi-agent AI systems.
• Knowledge of LLM observability, evaluation frameworks, and responsible AI practices.
• Experience working in highly regulated environments such as banking or financial services.

• Lead technical design and architecture decisions while mentoring the engineering team.
• Design, develop, and deliver high-quality applications using Java/Spring Boot and React.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes-based deployments, and cloud infrastructure.
• Design, test, and optimize prompts for production LLM use cases.
• Build and maintain Agentic AI solutions, including tool/function calling, multi-agent workflows, evaluation pipelines, observability, and guardrails.
• Partner with product and business teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.