Lead AI Engineer

Lead AI Engineer

London (Hybrid) | Up to £110,000 + 15% Bonus + Excellent Benefits

This is an opportunity to join a business investing heavily in AI and automation, where you will play a key role in shaping and delivering production-grade Generative AI solutions at scale. Working across high-impact initiatives, you will have the autonomy to influence technical strategy, own solution delivery, and drive measurable business outcomes.

The Company

They are a well-established, technology-driven organisation undergoing significant AI transformation. With strong executive sponsorship and a growing pipeline of AI initiatives, they are embedding AI into critical business processes to improve customer experience, operational efficiency, and decision-making.

You will join a newly established AI function within a wider engineering and MLOps environment, working alongside experienced engineers to deliver innovative, enterprise-scale AI products. The team operates in a fast-paced, collaborative setting where technical expertise and commercial impact are highly valued.

The Role

As a Lead AI Engineer, you will take ownership of the design, architecture, and delivery of AI solutions from concept through to production.

Responsibilities include:

* Leading the end-to-end delivery of Generative AI and agentic AI solutions
* Designing and building LLM-powered applications and intelligent automation tools
* Making key architecture, tooling, and platform decisions across multiple initiatives
* Evaluating build versus buy approaches and recommending scalable solutions
* Establishing engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices
* Ensuring AI systems are production-ready through monitoring, evaluation, governance, and observability
* Working closely with engineering, security, data protection, and business stakeholders
* Providing technical leadership and mentoring across AI workstreams
* Driving AI initiatives that deliver measurable operational and commercial value

Your Skills & Experience

You will demonstrate strong commercial experience in:

* Delivering Generative AI solutions into production environments
* Leading AI projects end-to-end, from discovery through deployment
* Designing scalable AI architectures within enterprise environments
* Building LLM-powered applications, RAG solutions, and agent-based systems
* Software engineering fundamentals, including APIs, distributed systems, and cloud platforms
* Technical decision-making in fast-moving or ambiguous problem spaces
* Working within governance, security, and compliance frameworks
* Influencing stakeholders and communicating complex technical concepts clearly

Desirable experience includes:

* AWS cloud technologies
* MLOps or LLMOps practices
* Financial services or other regulated industries
* Building reusable AI platforms, frameworks, or internal products

What They Offer

* Salary up to £110,000
* 15% annual bonus
* Hybrid working with flexibility and a strong focus on outcomes
* Generous pension contribution
* Private medical cover
* Enhanced parental leave policies
* Holiday purchase scheme
* The opportunity to influence AI strategy across a growing function
* Exposure to a broad range of cutting-edge Generative AI use cases
* High visibility and genuine ownership of business-critical AI initiatives

How to Apply

If you are an experienced Lead AI Engineer with a proven track record of delivering production-grade Generative AI solutions, apply today to discuss this opportunity in more detail.