Full job descriptionAI ENGINEERING LEAD
*Highly competitive salary
*Hybrid working model with client-facing project exposure
*Office in Manchester city centre
*Leadership opportunity within a rapidly growing AI capability


KEY POINTS
*Senior AI Engineering leadership role with hands-on delivery
*Opportunity to shape engineering standards and AI strategy
*Client-facing position with strong stakeholder engagement
*Modern AI stack including Azure AI, Databricks, MLOps, and LLM technologies


ABOUT THE CLIENT
We’re supporting a well-established, technology-focused consultancy that is continuing to invest heavily in its AI and data capability. With a strong focus on innovation, engineering quality, and responsible AI delivery, they are looking to appoint an experienced AI Engineering Lead to help shape and scale their growing function.


THE ROLE:
You’ll take ownership of leading and developing a high-performing AI engineering function, helping shape technical standards, delivery quality, and engineering best practices across multiple projects.


This role offers a blend of strategic leadership, client engagement, and hands-on technical delivery. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to design and deploy scalable AI solutions into production environments.


You’ll also play a key role in mentoring engineers, driving capability development, and evaluating emerging technologies across AI, machine learning, and LLM ecosystems. Alongside this, you’ll support workshops, solution design sessions, and technical decision-making while ensuring solutions remain scalable, secure, and aligned to business outcomes.


THE BENEFITS
*Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and machine learning projects
*Exposure to modern AI tooling, cloud platforms, and agentic technologies
*Leadership role with clear progression opportunities
*Collaborative environment with strong focus on learning and innovation


AI ENGINEERING LEAD ESSENTIAL SKILLS
*Strong commercial experience delivering AI solutions into production
*Excellent Python engineering skills
*Experience with Azure AI, Azure ML, Databricks, SageMaker, or similar cloud AI platforms
*Strong understanding of MLOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation
*Experience with LLMs, agentic frameworks, and modern AI tooling
*Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
*Experience mentoring engineering teams and leading technical delivery


TO BE CONSIDERED:
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KEY SKILLS
AI Engineering Lead, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Python, Azure AI, Azure ML, Databricks, SageMaker, Bedrock, MLOps, CI/CD, LLMs, Agentic AI, Cloud Engineering, AI Architecture, Machine Learning Engineering