Lead Engineer

Harvey Nash
London, United Kingdom
Today
£67,500 – £130,000 pa

Salary

£67,500 – £130,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Lead
Education
Degree
Posted
9 Jun 2026 (Today)
Lead Engineer - Generative AI | Python | AWS | LLMs

Location: London or Knutsford (Hybrid)

We are working with a global financial services who are looking for an experienced Lead Engineer to join a high-profile Generative AI feature team developing AI-powered applications used daily by thousands of colleagues across the organisation.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the firms Generative AI strategy while leading the design, development, and deployment of innovative AI solutions within a highly regulated enterprise environment.

What You'll Be Doing

* Leading the design and development of production-grade AI applications.
* Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Generative AI technologies.
* Working closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.
* Evaluating and optimising Large Language Models (LLMs) and prompts.
* Supporting cloud-native deployments and DevOps initiatives.

Essential Skills

* Strong Python development experience.
* Experience building applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), delivering AI solutions within regulated environments.
* Hands-on AWS experience including Bedrock, Lambda, S3, Lex, and CloudWatch.
* Experience with prompt engineering and LLM evaluation.
* Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Why Join?

* Work on enterprise-scale AI products.
* Influence Generative AI strategy within a leading global financial institution.
* Collaborate with some of the industry's leading engineers and AI practitioners.
* Deliver solutions that create measurable impact across the organisation.

If you're passionate about AI, cloud engineering, and leading technical innovation at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

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