Lead AI Engineer - London - up to £115k
🚀 Lead AI Engineer | Python, LangGraph, AWS/Azure, LLMs
📍 London (Hybrid)
💰 Up to £115k + Bonus
Oliver Bernard are partnered with a fast-growing AI consultancy helping enterprise organisations design, build and deploy AI solutions at scale. Following continued client growth, they're looking for a Lead AI Engineer to drive the delivery of cutting-edge AI applications across agentic systems, LLM platforms and enterprise transformation projects.
You'll take ownership of designing and building production-grade AI systems, working closely with engineering teams, data specialists and senior stakeholders to deliver impactful AI products. This is a hands-on leadership role with significant influence over architecture, technical direction and best practice.
What You'll Need
✅ Strong Python engineering experience building production software
✅ Commercial experience with LLMs, AI Agents and frameworks such as LangGraph or AutoGen
✅ Experience deploying AI applications on AWS or Azure (Bedrock, SageMaker, OpenAI, Cognitive Services etc.)
✅ Solid understanding of MLOps, CI/CD, Docker and Kubernetes
✅ Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases and retrieval systems
✅ Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (Langfuse, OpenTelemetry or similar)
✅ Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical strategy
✅ Strong communication skills and confidence working directly with clients and stakeholders
Why Join?
🔹 Work on complex AI challenges for leading enterprise organisations
🔹 Influence architecture and technical direction across multiple projects
🔹 Exposure to the latest advancements in agentic AI and LLM systems
🔹 Join a high-growth business with strong market demand and ambitious expansion plans
Lead AI Engineer | London | Hybrid | Up to £115k