AI Tech Lead

Hands-on AI Tech Lead | Agentic AI | UK

Conquer AI is hiring a Hands-on AI Tech Lead

We’re looking for someone who can sit at the intersection of engineering, architecture, and real client problem-solving.

This is not a slideware role. You’ll be working directly with senior clients to understand complex operational workflows, whiteboard where agentic AI can remove manual effort, design the solution, and work hands-on with engineers to get it built.

At Conquer AI, we build bespoke AI systems for enterprise clients. These are often greenfield projects, focused on automating real business processes across documents, data, workflows, approvals, communications, and decision support.

You’ll also work on our own internal product development as we turn repeated client patterns into reusable AI systems.

What you’ll do:

Work directly with clients to understand messy business workflows

Whiteboard and solutionise where agentic AI can automate or augment work

Design practical AI architectures across LLMs, data, APIs, workflows, and systems

Stay close to the engineering, not just the architecture

Build and guide solutions using Python, Node.js, TypeScript, LLMs, RAG, agents, and integrations

Help shape greenfield AI projects from idea through to production

Work across client delivery and Conquer’s own AI product development

We’re looking for someone who has:

Strong hands-on software engineering experience

Experience building real AI, LLM, RAG, agentic, or automation systems

Strong backend engineering capability, ideally across Python, Node.js, or TypeScript

Comfort working with APIs, data flows, integrations, and enterprise systems

The ability to speak clearly with clients and translate complexity into practical solutions

High ownership, strong judgement, and comfort with ambiguity

This is probably not right if:

You only want to manage people and stay away from the code

You prefer pure research over building production systems

You need a highly defined role with narrow responsibilities

You are not comfortable working directly with clients

Why Conquer AI?

Greenfield AI work

Real enterprise problems

Client-facing ownership

No heavy hierarchy

Equity with every hire

Salary growth linked to business success

A chance to help shape how agentic AI is deployed inside major organisations

Location: UK-based

Working style: Hybrid / flexible, with client and team sessions when needed

Role type: Full-time

If you’re an engineer who wants more ownership, more client exposure, and more meaningful AI problems to solve, we’d like to speak with you.