AI Technical Lead

Version 1

City of Edinburgh

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly Profit Share
Flexible/remote working
Pension
Private Healthcare
Life Assurance
Employee Discounts
Gym Discounts
Wellbeing programs
Educational assistance (AWS, Microsoft
Red Hat

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking an experienced AI Technical Lead to design, develop, and deploy AI solutions for large-scale enterprises. You will lead PoC development and production rollout, providing hands-on technical leadership across the delivery lifecycle.

You will collaborate with architects, data engineers and product owners, apply best practices for AI deployment, and ensure compliance with security, DevSecOps, and Responsible AI standards.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in the application development lifecycle.
  • Experience leading development teams and providing technical leadership.
  • Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions.
  • Hands-on experience developing AI-powered applications and services.
  • Experience in backend development for AI apps and orchestration of LLMs.
  • Experience with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, or similar.
  • Prompt engineering and working with multiple AI models.
  • Proven track record of taking PoCs to production.
  • Proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks.
  • Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Experience integrating enterprise systems via APIs.
  • Strong communication with business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of AI solutions.
  • Build and integrate LLM, RAG, and multi-agent solutions.
  • Develop AI-powered applications, APIs, and backend services.
  • Lead PoC development and transition to production.
  • Translate business requirements into production-ready AI solutions.
  • Collaborate with architects, data engineers, product owners, and QA.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, code reviews.
  • Assess feasibility, data readiness, and constraints.
  • Apply engineering best practices for AI deployment, security, lifecycle.
  • Ensure compliance with architecture, DevSecOps, Responsible AI, regulations.
  • Maintain technical documentation and knowledge sharing.

Skills

AI engineering
Python
Cloud platforms
Leadership
LLM orchestration

Tools

Semantic Kernel
LangChain
LangGraph
AutoGen
CrewAI

Job description

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated30 yearsinbusinessand continues to be trusted by global brands to delivertechnology and transformationsolutions that drive customer success. Ourdeepexpertiseenables our customers to navigate the rapidlyevolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships withglobal technology leadersincluding Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat,OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

  • UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
  • 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
  • 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
  • Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
  • Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW
Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated30 yearsinbusinessand continues to be trusted by global brands to delivertechnology and transformationsolutions that drive customer success. Ourdeepexpertiseenables our customers to navigate the rapidlyevolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships withglobal technology leadersincluding Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat,OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

  • UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
  • 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
  • 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
  • Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
  • Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW
Job Description
Role Summary

This role is for an experienced AI Technical Lead. The role requires experience designing, developing, and delivering AI solutions for large-scale organisations. We are seeking a hands-on technical leader with strong AI engineering capabilities to lead proof-of-concept development and production implementation while providing technical leadership across the delivery lifecycle.

Responsibilities
  • Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of secure, scalable, and reusable AI solutions using approved enterprise platforms and technologies.
  • Build and integrate LLM, RAG, and multi-agent solutions using frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, LangChain, or similar.
  • Develop and maintain AI-powered applications, APIs, and backend services.
  • Lead the development of proof-of-concepts and pilot solutions, validating technical feasibility and supporting the transition into production solutions.
  • Work with Business Analysts, SMEs, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into production-ready AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.
  • Collaborate with architects, data engineers, product owners, and QA teams to deliver end-to-end AI solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, code reviews, and guidance to development teams.
  • Assess technical feasibility, integration requirements, data readiness, and solution constraints when defining AI solutions.
  • Apply engineering best practices for AI deployment, monitoring, optimisation, security, and lifecycle management.
  • Ensure AI solutions comply with architecture, security, DevSecOps, Responsible AI, and regulatory standards.
  • Maintain technical documentation and support knowledge sharing across delivery teams.
Qualifications
Essential Experience
  • 8+ years' experience in the application development lifecycle.
  • Experience leading development teams and providing technical leadership.
  • Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
  • Strong hands-on experience developing AI-powered applications and services.
  • Experience in backend development for AI applications and orchestration of LLMs or multi-agent systems.
  • Experience with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, or similar AI platforms.
  • Experience in prompt engineering and working with multiple AI models.
  • Experience developing proof-of-concepts and successfully scaling them into production solutions.
  • Proficiency in Python and modern AI development frameworks.
  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Experience integrating enterprise systems through APIs, services, and data platforms.
  • Strong and effective communication skills with experience engaging directly with business stakeholders.
Desirable Experience
  • Experience with Semantic Kernel, LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar frameworks.
  • Experience with vector databases, RAG architectures, and enterprise search solutions.
  • Experience with MLOps, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and model lifecycle management.
  • Understanding of data governance, Responsible AI, GDPR, and AI regulatory requirements.
  • Experience working in regulated or complex enterprise environments.
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies, Scrum practices, and application lifecycle management.
Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

  • Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectivelybenefitfrom a share of our company's profits
  • Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
  • Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
  • Financial Wellbeing initiativesincluding;Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financialadviceand an Employee Discount scheme
  • Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
  • Educationalassistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
  • Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
  • Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes

Version1 is an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to building a diverse,inclusiveand respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully,respectfullyand confidentially.

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