AI Engineering Lead – Blockchain & Automation

As an AI Engineering Lead at SetupFX, you build, improve and manage software products using AI coding tools and autonomous agents. You translate business requirements into working technology, direct development and review agents, evaluate their output, and take ownership of security, reliability and delivery. Your scope spans web applications, blockchain integrations, smart contracts, infrastructure and business automation. You need advanced practical ability in AI-assisted development supported by strong engineering judgment and evidence of shipped products, with the ability to understand code, architecture and infrastructure well enough to challenge AI-generated solutions and verify their correctness.

What you'll do

• Direct AI agents: plan development tasks, coordinate coding, review and test agent output, maintain project context and verify results
• Oversee software development: guide frontend, backend, API and database implementation across multiple projects
• Review technical quality: evaluate generated code, investigate defects, assess architecture and ensure tests cover meaningful risks
• Manage blockchain development: oversee smart contracts, wallet integrations, token interactions, transaction tracking and blockchain event processing
• Strengthen security: improve authentication, permissions, credential management, dependency security and deployment controls
• Own infrastructure and reliability: manage servers, hosting, environments, deployment pipelines, monitoring, backups and recovery
• Prepare products for launch: coordinate testing, resolve critical issues and maintain clear release criteria and operational documentation
• Build business automations: connect marketing funnels, CRM systems, communication platforms and internal workflows through APIs and automation tools
• Communicate with management: explain technical decisions, progress, costs and risks clearly, with evidence supporting delivery claims

What you bring

• Proven experience shipping and maintaining applications using AI-assisted development tools and agent-based workflows
• Advanced practical use of tools such as Emergent, Codex, Cursor or comparable platforms
• Experience building blockchain applications involving Solidity smart contracts, EVM networks and wallet integrations
• Strong ability to read, understand and review application and smart-contract code
• Ability to troubleshoot across frontend, backend, databases, infrastructure and third-party integrations
• Working knowledge of React, TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL and API development
• Experience with Linux servers, Docker, Git, cloud hosting and deployment pipelines
• Understanding of secure access controls, environment separation, monitoring, backup verification and recovery
• Ability to independently organise technical work and manage several projects
• Clear communication with non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

• Financial ledgers, payment integrations and transaction reconciliation
• Smart-contract security testing and coordination with independent auditors
• Marketing funnel automation, CRM integrations and webhook-based workflows
• Experience with n8n, Make, Zapier or similar automation platforms
• Production incident management, performance optimisation and infrastructure cost control

Initial priorities

Assess existing applications, infrastructure, security and technical risks. Strengthen reliability, deployment practices, monitoring and recovery. Establish effective workflows for AI agents, code review and testing. Complete agreed product features and prepare applications for launch. Develop reusable automation processes for future projects.

Selection process

Candidates should provide examples of shipped applications or deployed smart contracts and explain your personal contribution. Shortlisted candidates will complete a practical assessment in an isolated test environment covering AI-agent orchestration, code review, troubleshooting and deployment or recovery planning. We assess technical judgment, verification methods and your ability to deliver reliable results.

What we need from you

• Your CV and availability to start
• Relevant product, portfolio, GitHub or deployed-contract links
• A short description of your AI development workflow
• An example of a difficult technical issue you identified and resolved
• Your compensation expectations