Lead AI Engineer

We're working with a business investing heavily in AI and building a dedicated engineering function to deliver production AI solutions across the organisation. This is a rare opportunity to join at an early stage and help shape the architecture, tooling and engineering standards behind their AI capability. You’ll work hands‑on with modern AI technologies while influencing technical direction, mentoring engineers and helping turn AI ideas into scalable products.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build and deploy production AI solutions using Python and modern AI frameworks
• Develop LLM applications using RAG, prompt engineering and agentic workflows
• Shape AI architecture, tooling and engineering standards
• Work across Azure, cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines
• Integrate AI solutions into existing platforms through APIs and services
• Mentor engineers and support technical decision-making

What we’re looking for:

• Strong software engineering background with production AI experience
• Python experience
• Experience with LLMs, RAG and AI application development
• Azure and cloud infrastructure experience
• Understanding of APIs, DevOps and scalable systems
• Experience influencing technical direction and mentoring engineers

This is a chance to join an AI function at the point where key decisions are being made. You'll have genuine ownership over how AI gets built, deployed and scaled.