AI Strategy & Platform Engineering Lead

Morgan McKinley; England; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley is seeking an experienced AI Engineering & Innovation Lead to shape and grow a high-performing AI function that delivers production-grade AI solutions for internal teams and enterprise clients.

You will define AI strategy, drive technical innovation, and stay hands-on in developing cutting-edge AI products. You will influence AI adoption, lead technical delivery and establish best practices across AI engineering.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading AI engineering, product or innovation teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute AI engineering and innovation strategy.
• Lead and mentor AI engineering team.
• Design, build and deliver AI-powered applications, platforms and internal tools.
• Stay hands-on with software development, architecture and technical problem-solving.
• Work closely with clients and internal stakeholders to design scalable AI solutions.
• Support pre-sales activity through technical proposals, workshops and solution presentations.
• Champion emerging AI technologies and promote innovation across the business.
• Develop reusable frameworks, accelerators and best practices that improve delivery and scalability.

Skills

Lead AI teams

Strong communication

Tools

Python

FastAPI

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

LangChain

LangGraph

RAG

Vector DBs

LangSmith

Promptfoo

MLflow

Bedrock

APIGateway

S3

Job description

Morgan McKinley is seeking an experienced AI Engineering & Innovation Lead to shape and grow a high-performing AI function that delivers production-grade AI solutions for internal teams and enterprise clients.

You will define AI strategy, drive technical innovation, and stay hands-on in developing cutting-edge AI products. You will influence AI adoption, lead technical delivery and establish best practices across AI engineering.