AI & Data Innovation Lead Technologist

Sustain Recruit; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lead Technologist | AI, Data & Innovation seeking to shape a portfolio of AI, data and operational intelligence products for a major UK aviation organisation. Identify problems, explore new technology, build POCs and move ideas into production within a live operational environment.

You will own the technical direction across innovative products, working with operations, data science, commercial and technology teams to translate business needs into practical technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering AI/data systems in production environments.
• Ability to translate business problems into technical solutions.
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring peers.
• Comfort working in complex, regulated or operational settings.

Responsibilities

• Define and shape the technical direction across AI, data and operational intelligence products.
• Lead the implementation of AI/ML concepts from POC to production.
• Oversee integrations across complex enterprise systems and data flows.
• Collaborate with operations, data science, commercial and technology stakeholders.
• Develop proposals balancing innovation, risk, speed and value.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

TypeScript

Python

SQL

Azure

React

Next.js

Pulumi/IaC

APIs

REST

GraphQL

CI/CD

Event-driven

Real Time data

ML/AI

Job description

Lead Technologist | AI, Data & Innovation seeking to shape a portfolio of AI, data and operational intelligence products for a major UK aviation organisation. Identify problems, explore new technology, build POCs and move ideas into production within a live operational environment.

You will own the technical direction across innovative products, working with operations, data science, commercial and technology teams to translate business needs into practical technical solutions.