AI Engineering Lead: Build Scalable AI Systems & MLOps

Camstgroup; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Greater London is seeking an AI Engineering Lead to drive the technical vision and oversee AI solutions for clients. This role combines hands-on work in architecture and coding while leading a team to scale AI capabilities. Ideal candidates will have a robust background in software and machine learning engineering, and experience with LLM solutions. This position offers an opportunity to significantly impact client successes with advanced AI applications.

Qualifications

• Minimum BSc (2.1 or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related STEM field.
• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience (Python preferred), with a proven record of delivering production-grade AI/ML services.
• Practical experience designing and shipping LLM solutions using RAG/agentic patterns.
• Demonstrated ability to deploy and manage AI workloads on major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Strong knowledge of DevOps/MLOps practices, including CI/CD and containerisation.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams, balancing technical delivery and team growth.
• Excellent problem-solving and system design skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of advanced AI solutions, including LLMs.
• Design, deploy, and optimise scalable AI workloads on cloud platforms for high performance.
• Define and enforce architectural standards and best practices for AI engineering.
• Build and optimise MLOps pipelines and CI/CD workflows for production ML systems.
• Ensure reliability, monitoring, and performance optimisation of deployed AI systems.
• Drive applied research to explore and implement emerging AI architectures.
• Provide technical leadership and foster a collaborative culture within the team.

Skills

Software Engineering

Machine Learning

Python

DevOps/MLOps

Cloud Platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

System Design

Education

BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or related STEM field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Job description

A leading technology company in Greater London is seeking an AI Engineering Lead to drive the technical vision and oversee AI solutions for clients. This role combines hands-on work in architecture and coding while leading a team to scale AI capabilities. Ideal candidates will have a robust background in software and machine learning engineering, and experience with LLM solutions. This position offers an opportunity to significantly impact client successes with advanced AI applications.