Director of AI-Driven Engineering, Agentic Commerce

Swap Commerce Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Swap Commerce Ltd. is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Agentic Commerce team and shape the next generation of AI-powered storefront experiences. You will drive alignment across Product, Engineering and Commercial teams to deliver high-impact projects at pace.

The role requires building and scaling high-performing teams, hands-on leadership, and a pragmatic AI focus to automate and accelerate delivery across the SDLC while maintaining quality.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an engineering leadership or management role.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams with Product and Commercial teams, translating business goals into clear engineering priorities.
• Comfortable getting hands-on when needed and contributing directly.
• Experience in a start-up or scale-up environment with pace, ambiguity, and execution.
• Hands-on experience building or managing teams working on agentic systems, LLM-powered products, or AI-driven workflows.
• Strong background in distributed systems and cloud-native architecture; GCP a plus.
• Background in e-commerce, fintech, or similarly high-growth product domains.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow and inspire a team of engineers on the Agentic Commerce team, creating an environment of ownership, psychological safety, and high performance.
• Drive execution across the full SDLC, from discovery and planning through to delivery, monitoring, and iteration, with a focus on shipping quality software rapidly.
• Embed AI-first thinking into the team's day-to-day — championing AI tooling to automate processes and accelerate development cycles.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Commercial leadership to align on roadmap priorities and surface dependencies early.
• Define and uphold engineering best practices across code quality, system design, testing, and deployment.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement — running retrospectives, identifying bottlenecks, and driving meaningful change.
• Stay close to the JavaScript ecosystem and emerging technologies to inform technical direction.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on engineering

Startup/scale-up experience

AI/LLM systems

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

Tools

GCP

Job description

Swap Commerce Ltd. is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Agentic Commerce team and shape the next generation of AI-powered storefront experiences. You will drive alignment across Product, Engineering and Commercial teams to deliver high-impact projects at pace.

The role requires building and scaling high-performing teams, hands-on leadership, and a pragmatic AI focus to automate and accelerate delivery across the SDLC while maintaining quality.