Lead AI Engineer - Media Workflows

Do you want to define how AI gets deployed across a large enterprise?

Have you built production AI systems, not just prototypes?

Are you ready to shape AI architecture at scale across a national business?

A major UK media and advertising business is hiring a Lead AI Engineer to help build out its internal AI capability. Operating at national scale with a large physical and digital footprint, they are investing heavily in AI to improve internal operations, automate workflows, and create business-facing AI products. This is a rare opportunity to join at an early stage of their AI journey and help shape how AI is architected, deployed, and scaled across the organisation.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role focused on building production-grade AI systems, defining LLM architecture, and establishing engineering standards across a growing AI function.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build internal AI-powered applications solving real business problems

• Develop and deploy LLM-based assistants and automation workflows

• Build scalable APIs, backend services, and integrations

• Define and mature the organisation’s AI architecture and engineering standards

• Implement robust DevOps / MLOps practices for AI systems

• Mentor engineers and improve AI delivery capability across the team

• Work closely with product and business stakeholders to shape AI use cases

Key Details

• Salary: £90,000–£100,000 base

• Bonus: 10% annual bonus

• Working model: Hybrid (2 days per week in Soho, London)

• Tech stack: Python, Azure, OpenAI APIs, CI/CD, Docker, observability

• Visa sponsorship: Cannot currently sponsor

Interested? Please apply below.