AI Engineering Team Lead (Python) – Hybrid / Remote

Client Server; England; Hybrid; GBP 104,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Unlimited holiday allowance

Private medical insurance

Pension

Job summary

Client Server is seeking an Engineering Team Lead (AI Python) in London with WFH flexibility to £115k. You will lead a cross-functional team, shape the platform's technical direction and collaborate with Product, UX and QA to deliver the product roadmap.

The role blends hands-on coding with people leadership, cloud-first architecture, and mentoring across Azure-based services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases. Remote/hybrid options available.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and mentoring engineering teams, providing technical guidance, setting objectives and supporting individual development.
• Hands-on leadership, remaining close to the code while taking ownership of team performance, technical direction and delivery.
• Strong Python experience and knowledge of modern asynchronous web frameworks.
• Hands-on experience building LLM powered applications, including prompt design, multi-provider integration and agent orchestration (e.g. LangChain or LangGraph).
• Strong PostgreSQL skills, familiar with MongoDB and Redis.
• Comfort using AI assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor or GitHub Copilot.
• Adaptable and comfortable in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities and a passion for new AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional Agile team of up to four engineers, collaborating with Product, UX and QA to deliver the roadmap.
• Balance development with technical strategy, team management and mentoring, staying close to the code.
• Drive cloud-first engineering on an Azure-based platform using Python/FastAPI, React/TypeScript and databases.
• Translate customer needs into product improvements through hands-on leadership and technical guidance.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Python

Async frameworks

LLM apps

PostgreSQL

Tools

MongoDB

Redis

LangChain

LangGraph

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

Client Server is seeking an Engineering Team Lead (AI Python) in London with WFH flexibility to £115k. You will lead a cross-functional team, shape the platform's technical direction and collaborate with Product, UX and QA to deliver the product roadmap.

The role blends hands-on coding with people leadership, cloud-first architecture, and mentoring across Azure-based services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases. Remote/hybrid options available.