AI Platform Tech Lead — Enterprise-Grade

Anaplan; Salford; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to build and guide our Enterprise Grade AI Platform in Salford. You will drive the end-to-end delivery of conversational AI features and autonomous agentic systems while mentoring a small team of engineers.

You will own the delivery roadmap, establish best practices, and collaborate with product management to prioritise features and manage trade-offs. Strong leadership and hands-on coding will be essential in this fast-growing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 5-8 AI engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and delivery
• Drive end-to-end execution of conversational AI features that enable users to interact with Anaplan models through natural language
• Oversee the development of agentic AI systems that can autonomously analyse data, generate insights, and execute planning workflows
• Own the team's delivery roadmap, working closely with product management to prioritise features and manage technical trade‑offs
• Establish engineering best practices for AI development, including testing strategies, evaluation frameworks, and deployment patterns
• Lead sprint planning, technical design reviews, and retrospectives to ensure consistent delivery velocity and quality
• Collaborate with AI Solutions Architects to translate architectural vision into executable engineering plans
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for AI applications, including automated testing and prompt regression suites
• Partner with platform teams to ensure AI features integrate seamlessly with Anaplan's core infrastructure
• Communicate progress, risks, and technical decisions to senior leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders

Skills

Team leadership

Hands-on AI development

LLM APIs

Agentic AI

Python

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Mentoring

Distributed systems

Job description

Anaplan is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to build and guide our Enterprise Grade AI Platform in Salford. You will drive the end-to-end delivery of conversational AI features and autonomous agentic systems while mentoring a small team of engineers.

You will own the delivery roadmap, establish best practices, and collaborate with product management to prioritise features and manage trade-offs. Strong leadership and hands-on coding will be essential in this fast-growing environment.