Lead Data & AI Engineer - 1 day pw Heathrow

Morson Edge
Heathrow, London, United Kingdom
Last week
£625 – £650 pd

Salary

£625 – £650 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Pattern
Flexible
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Lead
IR35 Status
Inside
Posted
14 Oct 2026 (Last week)

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a Lead Data & AI Engineer, inside IR35, for a major airline.

This Lead Data & AI Engineer role will require 1-2 days per week in Heathrow.

The key skills required for this Lead Data & AI Engineer position are:

AWS

Snowflake

CI/CD

If you do have the relevant experience for this long term contract Lead Data & AI Engineer role, please do apply

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