AI Engineering Lead

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consumer goods company is seeking an AI Engineering Lead to spearhead the development of AI-driven systems and platforms. In this role, you will lead a talented engineering team and work collaboratively to design scalable solutions that yield significant business results. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software and AI/ML engineering, along with strong leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in AI/ML engineering.
• Proven leadership experience in delivering AI solutions at scale.
• Expertise in MLOps, CI/CD for ML, and cloud-native AI architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing AI engineering team.
• Define AI engineering strategy, architecture, and roadmap.
• Design scalable AI systems from prototypes to production.

Skills

Strong Python skills

Experience with TensorFlow

Leadership experience

Knowledge of data privacy

Experience with Docker

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Job description

Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you! Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect? Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing? Will you make an impact with your desire to win?,

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead and grow a high-performing AI engineering team.
• Define AI engineering strategy, architecture, and roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Champion best practices in MLOps, model governance, and responsible AI.

Engineering & Delivery

• Design and implement scalable AI systems including model training, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Translate prototypes into robust, production-ready solutions in collaboration with data scientists.
• Maintain high standards of code quality, testing, and documentation.

Platform & Infrastructure

• Build and maintain AI/ML platforms and tooling to accelerate experimentation and deployment.
• Oversee and evolve Azure Foundry / Databricks-based AI environments.
• Integrate AI capabilities into products via APIs, microservices, or embedded intelligence.
• Drive automation, observability, and performance optimization across AI pipelines.

Collaboration & Communication

• Work cross-functionally to identify and prioritize AI opportunities.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay current with emerging AI technologies and assess their business applicability.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary AI Engineering Lead to drive the development and deployment of AI-powered systems and platforms. This role blends deep technical expertise in AI/ML with leadership and strategic delivery capabilities. You will lead a team of AI engineers and collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and business stakeholders to build scalable, production-grade AI solutions that deliver measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in AI/ML engineering.
• Proven leadership experience in delivering AI solutions at scale.
• Strong Python skills and experience with frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face.
• Expertise in MLOps, CI/CD for ML, and cloud-native AI architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and ML workflow orchestration.
• Familiarity with agentic frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, Microsoft Semantic Kernel).
• Experience with API management and microservices architecture.
• Experience with LLMs, generative AI, or reinforcement learning.
• Knowledge of vector databases, RAG, and prompt engineering.
• Understanding of data privacy, model explainability, and ethical AI.
• Familiarity with communication protocols like MCP and Google's A2A.
• Experience with frontend frameworks (React, TypeScript).
• Contributions to open-source AI projects or published research.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) - a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world's most loved drinks. We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world.