AI Engineering Tech Lead

Data Idols
London, United Kingdom
2 days ago
£95,000 – £110,000 pa

Salary

£95,000 – £110,000 pa

Seniority
Lead
Posted
1 Oct 2026 (2 days ago)

AI Engineering Tech Lead

Salary: £95,000 - £110,000

Location: London | Hybrid

Data Idols are working with a leading organisation that is investing significantly in its Data & AI capabilities. They are looking for an AI Engineering Tech Lead to lead a small engineering squad and help shape, build and scale AI solutions across the business.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role, combining AI engineering, technical strategy and team leadership, with the opportunity to take emerging AI technologies and turn them into secure, scalable products that deliver real business value.

The Opportunity

As an AI Engineering Tech Lead, you'll take ownership of the technical direction of a growing AI engineering capability, leading the design, development and deployment of Data, AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions.

Partnering closely with business and technology stakeholders, you'll identify high-value AI use cases, rapidly prototype new solutions and take successful ideas through to production. You'll also play an important role in shaping the AI technical roadmap and ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, well-governed and aligned with responsible AI practices.

Skills and Experience

Strong experience delivering Data, AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions

Hands-on experience with Databricks

Strong experience with Microsoft Foundry and the wider Azure ecosystem

Experience leading and mentoring AI or engineering teams

Experience designing and delivering scalable, production-ready AI solutions

Strong stakeholder managementIf you're an experienced AI Engineering leader looking for a role where you can stay hands-on, lead a talented technical team and shape how AI is built and scaled across a major organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

AI Engineering Tech Lead

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