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London / £95000 - £115000 annum

INFO

Salary

SALARY:

£95000 - £115000

Location

LOCATION

London

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Lead AI Engineer

£95,000 - £115,000

King's Cross, London (1-2 days a week in office)

This is an opportunity to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of production-grade AI systems that create measurable business impact. You will work on high-value initiatives, building scalable AI solutions that are embedded directly into core business processes rather than standalone prototypes.

THE COMPANY

They are a well-established organisation investing heavily in AI innovation to transform business operations and deliver long-term value. Their focus is on deploying practical, scalable AI solutions that support real workflows and business outcomes. You will join a technology-driven environment where engineering excellence, collaboration, and innovation are highly valued.

THE ROLE

As a Lead AI Engineer, you will

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

  • Own the technical direction, architecture, and implementation of AI systems end-to-end.
  • Design and build LLM-powered and agent-based solutions from concept through to production.
  • Establish engineering standards, reusable patterns, and scalable frameworks across AI initiatives.
  • Make key decisions on models, tooling, infrastructure, and system design.
  • Ensure AI systems are robust, observable, secure, and production-ready through effective evaluation, monitoring, and guardrails.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers working on AI projects.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The successful Lead AI Engineer will have the following skills and experience:

  • Strong commercial experience delivering production-grade AI systems from design through deployment.
  • Deep expertise in Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), orchestration, prompting, and evaluation.
  • Experience building agentic or multi-step AI systems.
  • Excellent software engineering fundamentals across APIs, system design, and cloud-based architecture.
  • Ability to define technical direction and operate effectively in complex or evolving environments.
  • Experience influencing engineering standards and best practices across multiple projects.
  • Exposure to AI platforms, reusable frameworks, LLMOps/MLOps, or enterprise AI environments would be beneficial.

BENEFITS

The successful Lead AI Engineer will receive the following benefits:

  • Salary between £95,000 - £115,000 - depending on experience

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.

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