AI Engineer Technical Lead at Vodafone
Tirana
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Jun 30, 2026
Tirana
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on designing, building, and deploying generative and agentic AI systems at scale, including multi-agent architectures, RAG pipelines, and multimodal LLM solutions. The position also involves mentoring AI engineers, bridging technical and business stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with security and responsible AI standards. It suits experienced AI engineers with hands-on production deployment background and familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure.
Senior level · National · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This role is based at Vodafone Albania — the posting explicitly references 'Vodafone Albania' in the benefits section — so it is outside the United States; US compensation benchmarks do not apply.
The title is 'Lead AI Engineer' with no numeric or seniority-level modifier; 'Lead' here describes a functional role (leading a team/workstream) rather than a formal seniority band, so the title states no level. The scope and responsibilities (architecting systems, mentoring a team, cross-functional stakeholder alignment) support a Senior classification.
Jenkins and GitHub Actions appear together in the CI/CD bullet under the required qualifications section, but the bullet is framed as 'CI/CD supporting tools (Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub etc.)' — Docker and Kubernetes are captured separately; Jenkins and GitHub Actions are listed as examples of CI/CD tooling and are treated as preferred alternatives to the broader CI/CD requirement.
No total years of experience are stated anywhere in the posting.
No compensation figures are provided.
The alternative occupation code 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted as a runner-up because the role's heavy focus on Generative AI / Agentic AI system design sits at the boundary between software development and an emerging AI engineering specialty not yet cleanly captured by a single SOC code.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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