Engineering Team Lead AI Python

Client Server; England; Hybrid; GBP 104.000 - 127.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Bonus

Unlimited holiday allowance

Private medical insurance

Pension

Zusammenfassung

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.

Qualifikationen

• 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.

Aufgaben

• 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.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Mentoring

Python

Async frameworks

LLM apps

PostgreSQL

Tools

MongoDB

Redis

LangChain

LangGraph

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Cursor

Jobbeschreibung

Engineering Team Lead (AI Python) London / WFH to £115k

Are you a technology leader with a strong knowledge of AI?

You could be progressing your career in an impactful Engineering Team Lead position at a global tech company that provide data centric software solutions to major blue-chip and government organisations to enable them to discover and analyse data and customer feedback as they introduce new AI services to the product.

As an Engineering Team Lead you'll lead a cross functional Agile team of up to four engineers, working closely with Product, UX and QA to deliver the product roadmap and shape the technical direction of the platform. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll balance development with technical strategy, team management and mentoring, remaining close to the code while supporting your team to deliver.

You'll drive cloud first engineering across an Azure based platform, using Python / FastAPI, React / TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and a multi-provider LLM stack including OpenAI, Gemini and Anthropic.

You'll champion high quality, scalable and cost effective engineering, embedding automated testing and CI/CD while ensuring the responsible and secure use of AI and real respondent data. You'll also work directly with customers to understand their needs and translate them into product improvements.

Location / WFH

You can work from home most of the time, meeting up with colleagues in the Central London office twice a week with flexible hours.

About you

• You have experience of leading and mentoring engineering teams, providing technical guidance, setting objectives and supporting individual development
• You have a hands-on approach to leadership, remaining close to the code while taking ownership of team performance, technical direction and delivery
• You have strong Python experience and knowledge of modern asynchronous web frameworks
• You have hands-on experience building LLM powered applications, including prompt design, multi-provider integration and agent orchestration (e.g. LangChain or LangGraph)
• You have strong PostgreSQL skills, and are familiar with MongoDB and Redis
• You're comfortable using AI assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor or GitHub Copilot
• You're adaptable and comfortable working in a fast moving environment with evolving priorities, with a genuine enthusiasm for learning new technologies and AI tooling

What's in it for you

As a Engineering Team Lead you'll earn a competitive package:

• Salary to £115k
• Bonus
• Unlimited holiday allowance
• Flexible working (x2 days a week in London)
• Private medical insurance as well as well-being benefits
• Pension and Life Assurance
• Committees for wellness, charity and volunteering, DE&I
• Team and company socials