At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a small team to build AI systems that connect users with innovative tech.
- Company: Join a cutting-edge company focused on real-world AI applications.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a focus on quality work and fast decision-making.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by shaping the future of AI-powered products.
- Qualifications: Experience in leading engineering teams and a strong background in backend systems.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Our client is building AI systems that work in the real world, not just in research. They need a
Technical Lead who can own the application architecture that connects those AI capabilities to users across mobile and desktop.
The Role
This is a hands‑on leadership position.
You'll stay close to the code while setting the architectural direction for a small, senior engineering team.
You own the layer between AI systems and real‑world product experiences and you're accountable for making it fast, reliable, and coherent as it scales.
- What You'll Own
- Application engineering strategy across backend, mobile, and desktop
- A small, senior team of backend, mobile, and desktop engineers
- Architectural direction for AI‑powered workflows, APIs, and client integrations
- Production‑grade reliability: observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, failure handling
- Clear abstractions for AI integration with predictable, graceful behaviour
- High‑impact decisions across latency, cost, reliability, security, and UX
- Execution culture: code reviews, design reviews, hands‑on technical leadership
- Partnership with ML leadership to turn model capability into shippable product
- What They're Looking For
- Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems
- Strong hands‑on background shipping backend systems in production
- Deep understanding of AI‑powered product integration and its trade‑offs
- Excellent system design skills across services, APIs, clients, and data flows
- Comfortable operating across platforms, even if your depth is in one
- Proven ability to make high‑impact technical decisions under ambiguity
- A strong bias toward shipping, iteration, and learning from real‑world usage
- The Environment
Small team.
World‑class talent density.
Fast decisions, collective ownership, and a relentless focus on shipping quality work.
You'll need to bring structure, exercise judgment, and execute independently.
Their goal: put something truly magical in the hands of their users.
Process
3 to 4 interviews. Virtual and/or onsite. Transparent and fast.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you and to allow you to show your best self, let us know.
We also understand that some people require extra time to complete assessments, require alternative application methods and can also benefit from having interview questions or a guide to the type of questions pre‑interview.
We are open to any suggestions or requests that you may have and are always looking for creative ways to assess talent.
Our commitment to you is that you should always feel safe and secure when you’re working with us.
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