--- title: 'AI Software Engineer at AE' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/ai-software-engineer-ae-heverlee-2nkrpmz7qta5' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # AI Software Engineer at AE - **Company:** AE - **Location:** Heverlee, Belgium / Berchem, Belgium / Gent, Belgium / Hasselt, Belgium / Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium / Klantencontext, Belgium - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-06-15 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/ae-2/86a573d3-2f95-4133-aacd-82adddfb66e4 ## Job description Wij zoeken geen standaard developer. Wij zoeken een meebouwer. Een software engineer met een sterke product mindset en start-up mentaliteit, die actief wil meedenken, bouwen én trekken aan innovatieve oplossingen in het domein van hyperautomation en Generatieve AI. Je komt terecht in een team waar innovatie, ownership en snelheid centraal staan. Samen ontwikkelen we intelligente AI-workflows, virtuele assistenten, autonome agents en slimme applicaties die bedrijven écht veranderen. Wat is je focus? - Je geeft, samen met een team, vorm aan AI-gedreven producten – van idee tot implementatie. - Je blijft mee met de snel-veranderende wereld van LLMs, agents, kennis van RAG is nice to have. - Je identificeert welke problemen kunnen opgelost worden met deze tools/technieken (en welke niet). - Je bouwt kwalitatieve software in .NET, Java of Python; codeertaal is een tool. - Je denkt actief mee na over productarchitectuur & agentic workflows, feature ontwikkeling & technische keuzes. - Je doet aan prompt engineering & evaluatieframeworks om betrouwbaarheid van AI-systemen te verbeteren. Wie ben jij? - Je hebt ervaring in programmeren met Python, .NET, Java. - Je voelt je thuis in een start-up omgeving: snel schakelen, ownership nemen, verschillende rollen opnemen, leren door te doen. - Je bent een creatieve probleemoplosser. - Je denkt in producten, niet enkel user stories. - Je hebt al ervaring in een AI of automation context. - Je hebt een hands-on mentaliteit & durft initiatief nemen. - Nederlands is onze voertaal, en jij beheerst deze zowel mondeling als schriftelijk perfect. - Je hebt idealiter ook ervaring met React, Azure, Terraform of Docker. Wat biedt AE jou? - Een gedreven Hyperautomation team dat graag impact maakt in een snel-veranderende AI-omgeving waarin je veel vrijheid en verantwoordelijkheid krijgt om je ideeën uit te werken. - Je komt terecht in een snelgroeiende organisatie waarbij de focus op persoonlijke groei en ontwikkeling door middel van kenniswerking en coaching centraal staan. - We zijn een Belgische organisatie met 400 werknemers. Ons hoofdkantoor is gelegen in Leuven en we hebben ook satellietkantoren in Groot-Bijgaarden, Berchem, Gent en Hasselt. - AE is ‘Best Employer in Belgium 2025’ met het Great Place To Work- certificaat en dat voel je elke dag. Zie jij jezelf in deze rol? Reageer vandaag nog en ontdek hoe jij een verschil kunt maken bij AE. Heb je vragen over de job, ons sollicitatieproces of onze unieke bedrijfscultuur? Neem contact op via onze Recruitment Lead Selina via selina.dewitte@AE.be. Bij AE houden we van een persoonlijke aanpak en korte lijnen. Of je nu digitaal of fysiek langskomt, we kijken ernaar uit om je te ontmoeten! ## About AE ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: AE is a Belgian digital consultancy and product engineering firm that helps organizations thrive through hyperautomation, Generative AI, and custom software solutions. - **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped/growth-stage consultancy) - **Headquarters**: Heverlee, Belgium (with offices in Berchem, Gent, Hasselt, and Groot-Bijgaarden) - **Founded**: Not publicly available - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Digital Consultancy & Product Engineering (IT Services) - **Target customers**: Enterprise and mid-market organizations across various sectors in Belgium; B2B focus - **Mission or purpose**: "Thriving in a digital world" — helping clients adapt to and lead in digital transformation, with a strong emphasis on AI and automation ## Products & Services - **Digital Consultancy**: Strategic advisory and hands-on delivery for complex digital transformation projects, including AI implementation, process optimization, and technology selection. - **Product Engineering (AE QuietLoud)**: Custom software product development, building digital products and platforms for clients with a startup mentality and product mindset. - **AI & Hyperautomation Services**: Design and deployment of intelligent AI workflows, virtual assistants, autonomous agents, and GenAI-powered applications. - **Cloud & Platform Engineering**: Design and setup of robust, future-proof cloud platforms and DevOps pipelines. - **Quality Assurance & Software Delivery Coaching**: Coaching clients on quality processes, test automation, and modern software delivery practices. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Approximately 150 senior professionals (engineers, ML researchers, product leads, operators) as of 2026 - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available (appears to be independently owned) - **Growth Signals**: - 27 open positions as of August 2026, indicating active hiring - 94% of roles are hybrid, suggesting a flexible work model - Strong focus on GenAI and hyperautomation — a rapidly growing market - Active in both client delivery and internal AI research ## Competitive Advantages - **AI-Native Delivery**: AE embeds AI into its own workflows — prototyping before spec, using AI to compress discovery, testing, and documentation. This allows teams to ship in weeks what conventional teams ship in a quarter. - **Dual Research/Applied Model**: The company does frontier AI alignment research alongside production AI work, allowing engineers to move between research and applied projects. This creates a unique learning environment. - **Internal Startup Incubation**: When client work or internal research surfaces a real opportunity, AE team members can found startups internally with founder-level equity, often with a first customer already lined up. - **Senior-First Culture**: Described as ~150 senior professionals — not a junior-heavy consultancy — which means high-caliber peer learning and less hand-holding. ## Strategic Focus - **Generative AI & Hyperautomation**: The clear strategic priority is leading the GenAI transformation for Belgian enterprises, building intelligent workflows, agents, and AI-first applications. - **Product Mindset**: Moving beyond traditional consulting toward building and shipping real products, with AE QuietLoud as the product engineering arm. - **Client Embedding**: Consultants work directly within client teams through discovery, architecture, and release — not just delivering decks. - **Equity & Ownership**: Team members hold equity across client MVPs, incubated Skunkworks, and spun-out startups, aligning long-term incentives. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as having a "start-up mentality" with a focus on ownership, innovation, and speed. The company values "meebouwers" (co-builders) — people who actively think, build, and drive solutions. - **Work Model**: Strongly hybrid — 94% of roles are hybrid, 6% on-site, 0% fully remote. Offices in Heverlee, Berchem, Gent, Hasselt, and Groot-Bijgaarden. - **Engineering Environment**: - "No token caps, no access tiers, no IT queues" — engineers get the best AI tools and compute they need. - AI is embedded in the engineering workflow, not just a side project. - Real production systems for airlines, biotech companies, school systems, and enterprises. - **Career Growth**: Opportunity to move between frontier AI research and applied client work. Internal startup incubation offers a unique path to founding a company with support. - **Notable Perks**: Equity in client MVPs and internal startups; working software every Friday (applied side); direct impact on real users. ## Sources 1. [jobera.com](https://jobera.com/employer/ae-2/) — Open positions, hybrid/remote stats, job descriptions 2. [ae.studio](https://ae.studio/join-us) — Company description, culture, team size, research focus, equity model 3. [hirocareers.com](https://hirocareers.com/jobs/9000dbea-5feb-42b3-8b44-4842905a290b) — AI Software Engineer job posting 4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/ae2-s.r.l.) — Note: This appears to be a different Italian entity (AE2 S.R.L., 4 employees, electronics manufacturing) — not the same company. 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