AI Engineering Team Lead

present of AI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dwelly in London is seeking a high‑impact AI engineering leader to set the technical direction for an AI-powered lettings platform. You will ship production systems, mentor engineers, and balance reliability with product velocity in a fast‑moving environment.

The role emphasizes building AI into end‑to‑end workflows, designing guardrails, and clear evaluation of models in production. You will partner with product and ops to drive meaningful customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Leads AI engineering efforts and mentors engineers.
• Ships production AI systems with reliability and measurable impact.
• Balances product velocity with robust, maintainable design.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for AI platform and team.
• Collaborate with product and operations to align roadmap and delivery.
• Evaluate model outputs and ensure production readiness.

Skills

Team leadership

AI systems

Production software

Judgment/Decision making

Tools

Python

ML frameworks

Job description

A lead for an AI engineering team is normally expected to set technical direction, guide other engineers, and ship production systems that hold up under real use. A strong candidate brings hands on building of AI or data driven products plus the judgment to choose simple, reliable designs over clever ones. Here that means turning the uneven work of lettings agencies into dependable software the platform can run on.

How it fits the AI era

Leading AI engineering now means owning systems where models are one part of a larger product, and where reliability and clear evaluation matter more than novelty. The work shifts toward designing guardrails, measuring quality, and deciding when a model should not be trusted. Judgment about tradeoffs, clear communication with product and operations, and mentoring a team stay firmly human.

How it builds AI experience

This role builds experience in applying AI to messy operational processes, from document and data handling to decision support for property management. It also grows skill in evaluating model output and running AI features in production. A candidate can strengthen this by showing past work where AI was shipped and measured, not just prototyped.

Worth showing

• Production AI systems
• Team leadership
• Process to software
• Clear technical judgment

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About Dwelly

Dwelly buys independent UK lettings agencies and runs them on its own AI-powered lettings and property management platform, which it also sells to agency owners.