Lead AI Engineer

Lead AI Engineer

Tech Focus: Microsoft Azure AI Stack / LLM / Agent Orchestration / Agentic AI / Data Science

Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 + 20% Bonus + 20% Employer Pension Contribution

Location: London - Hybrid

This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead AI Engineer to join a prestigious financial organisation as they launch a major AI initiative. Having completed their digital and data transformation programme, the organisation now operates fully in Azure Cloud and is making significant strides in AI adoption. They've built an AI platform designed to improve efficiency for both internal and external facing users.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You'll lead projects and mentor engineers while actively developing Azure-native agent frameworks and building team-specific AI applications that deliver business outcomes.

You'll work in a cross-functional team alongside an AI Engineering Manager, Architect, DevOps Engineers, AI Test Lead, Data Scientists, and Project Managers.

What we're looking for:

• Hands-on AI development experience in a cloud environment (ideally Azure AI Stack, but open to other platforms)
• Proven experience in a lead or principal capacity (technical leadership, project ownership, mentoring)
• Practical experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) in production environments
• Experience with Agent Orchestration and building frameworks that deliver business outcomes
• Strong coding skills in Python and SQL

Desirable:

• Background in Data Science
• Light front-end development, for example being able to create internal web applications

If you're passionate about building practical AI solutions and want to work in a collaborative environment that takes AI seriously, please apply directly and we'll be in touch with more details.