Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent
Lead AI Engineer
Location: London (Hybrid)
Salary: Up to £75,000 + Bonus + Car Allowance
We're hiring a Lead AI Engineer to join a growing technology team delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions across modern cloud platforms.
This is a hands-on engineering role with leadership responsibility, focused on building and scaling AI-powered products and services using Generative AI, Agentic AI, and modern AI engineering practices.
You'll work closely with engineering, platform, data, and product teams to design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI capabilities within a fast-paced delivery environment.
This is primarily an internal-facing engineering role, so strong technical capability and collaboration skills are more important than consulting or client-facing experience.
The role
You will:
Design and build scalable AI and GenAI solutions within Azure cloud environments
Develop intelligent workflows and agentic AI capabilities using modern orchestration frameworks
Build and maintain AI services, APIs, and backend integrations
Work closely with Data Engineers, Platform Engineers, Architects, and Product teams to deliver AI solutions into production
Lead technical delivery across AI engineering initiatives
Mentor and support junior engineers within the team
Contribute to engineering standards, reusable patterns, and AI best practices
Help shape scalable MLOps and AI deployment approaches
Drive high-quality engineering practices across testing, deployment, monitoring, and optimisation
Tech environment
Key technologies include:
Python
Azure
Databricks
Generative AI / LLM frameworks
Agentic AI tooling and orchestration frameworks
LangChain / LangGraph
PyTorch and ML libraries
REST APIs
Docker and containerisation
CI/CD pipelines
Git-based development workflows
What we're looking for
4-6 years' experience within Software Engineering, AI Engineering, or Machine Learning Engineering roles
Strong hands-on Python engineering capability
Experience building AI or machine learning solutions within production environments
Strong understanding of Generative AI and modern AI engineering practices
Exposure to Agentic AI frameworks or autonomous AI workflows
Experience working with Azure and Databricks
Good understanding of backend engineering and API development
Experience collaborating across cross-functional engineering and product teams
Ability to mentor or support junior engineers
Strong communication and problem-solving skills
Package
Salary up to £75,000
Annual bonus
Full car allowance
Hybrid working model
Strong investment in AI engineering capability and tooling
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge GenAI and Agentic AI initiatives
Clear progression opportunities within a growing AI engineering function
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer looking to build real-world AI systems at scale while working within a collaborative and technically strong engineering environment.
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