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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Head of AI, Technology & Infrastructure - **Company:** Soil Capital - **Location:** (Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve), Belgium (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Machine Learning, Data Streaming, Large Language Models, Technical Debt, Data Strategy, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, AI Platforms, Kubernetes, Data Analytics, Data Management - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2858144377-head-of-ai-technology--infrastructure ## About the Role * 10+ years in software engineering or platform/infrastructure roles, with significant experience in a senior architect, VP Engineering or Head of Technology capacity. * Deep, hands-on background in modern cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures), data platforms and AI/ML technologies. * Proven track record of defining and executing a technology strategy in a product-led, data-intensive environment - ideally in a scale-up or fast-growing SaaS context. * Experience accelerating the productisation of data science and AI work (POC > MVP > production). Mindset & leadership style * Visionary and curious: You proactively stay ahead of technical evolution and have a strong self-driven appetite for exploring emerging technologies and bringing concrete, actionable ideas back to the team. * A persuasive communicator who can represent technology credibly at the executive and board level, and who naturally earns trust from engineers. * Collaborative, not hierarchical - you lead through expertise, coaching and shared conviction rather than authority. * Comfortable making trade-offs between business priorities and technical investments, and articulating the reasoning clearly., * Familiarity with AgTech, environmental data, carbon accounting or climate-related platforms. * Experience with Microsoft Fabric, data lakehouse architectures or model-agnostic AI platform design. * French and/or Dutch language skills (working language is English). ## Description Set and champion the technology * Define and articulate a medium- to long-term technology and data vision and roadmap aligned with Soil Capital's business strategy, product, and data ambitions. * Bring an outside-in perspective: stay ahead of industry trends in AI/ML, data engineering, automation and AgTech, and translate them into concrete opportunities for the company. * Act as the voice of technology at the management level - ensuring the tech roadmap gets the space, investment and prioritisation it deserves alongside product and business priorities. * Own automation strategy, including positioning in customer environments (MRV suite). * Co-own the AI strategy with the data and product team. * Own platform & data analytics architecture. * Coach and elevate the engineering team by fostering a culture of technological curiosity, AI fluency, experimentation and continuous learning. * Empower the team to proactively identify opportunities to enrich the platform. Drive AI, data and automation implementation * Own automation agenda: identify where AI/ML, large language models, workflow automation (e.g. n8n) approaches can create new products or dramatically improve operations. * Support the Data team in shipping AI based solutions. * Accelerate the path from proof-of-concept to production - bridging the gap between data science exploration and scalable, reliable platform features. * Sharpen the data strategy so it is crisp enough to support the company's global ambitions, including data architecture, data flows and reporting. Provide architectural and technical leadership * Serve as the senior technical sounding board for the dev and data leads, bringing deep experience to challenge, guide and coach on architecture, design patterns and best practices. * Ensure sound, well-informed technical decisions - especially on infrastructure (Kubernetes, cloud), data platforms (Fabric, data lake) and platform scalability. * Help the team navigate trade-offs between business urgency, medium term targets, and technical health (performance, security, technical debt). Bridge technology and business * Work closely with the Head of Product, Head of Data and our Developer Lead to balance the functional, data and technical roadmaps, ensuring neither dominates at the expense of the other. * Translate complex technical constraints and opportunities into language that the management team and board can act on. * Provide the counterweight that gives the technical and development team enough room to invest in long-term platform quality alongside short-term feature delivery. * Actively participate in regular internal sales status meetings to ensure a good understanding of the market and business needs. ## Related Videos - [AI Won't Fix Your Engineering Culture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100266-ai-won-t-fix-your-engineering-culture) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [MLOps – What’s the deal behind it?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/125-mlops-what-s-the-deal-behind-it) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Stephan Gillich - Bringing AI Everywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/489-stephan-gillich-bringing-ai-everywhere) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development)