AI Engineering Lead & MLOps Architect

Centrica; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica is seeking an AI Engineering Manager to lead the design, delivery, and operation of enterprise-scale AI and LLM-powered solutions. You will mentor AI engineers, collaborate with data scientists, product teams and business stakeholders, and uphold software engineering, MLOps, and responsible AI standards.

You will report to the Director of AI & Data Science and shape Centrica's AI engineering capability, balancing innovation with reliability and governance while staying hands-on in

Qualifications

• Significant experience in AI Engineering, ML, or software development with production AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the AI engineering team, upholding strong standards in software engineering, MLOps, and responsible AI development.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of AI applications, including LLM-powered solutions, with hands-on contribution to code, architecture, and decisions.
• Support data scientists with robust model deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and productionisation of ML/AI solutions.
• Collaborate with data scientists, product owners, business stakeholders, and data engineers to translate requirements into practical AI solutions.
• Ensure operational excellence across AI engineering by embedding quality, security, reliability, and continuous improvement into delivery.
• Mentor and develop AI engineers, fostering collaboration, learning, and growth.
• Stay informed about emerging AI, MLOps, and engineering practices to keep the team at the forefront of innovation.

Skills

AI Engineering

Team Leadership

LLM technologies

MLOps

Prompt engineering

Python

System design

Technical leadership

Program management

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Responsible AI

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Certifications in AI/ML/Cloud/Data/MLOps (advantageous)

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

Azure

Databricks

CI/CD

Version control

DevOps

Job description

Centrica is seeking an AI Engineering Manager to lead the design, delivery, and operation of enterprise-scale AI and LLM-powered solutions. You will mentor AI engineers, collaborate with data scientists, product teams and business stakeholders, and uphold software engineering, MLOps, and responsible AI standards.

You will report to the Director of AI & Data Science and shape Centrica's AI engineering capability, balancing innovation with reliability and governance while staying hands-on in