Engineering Team Lead AI Python

Client Server; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 98,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Flexible London work arrangement

Private medical insurance

Pension and Life Assurance

Wellness & DE&I committees

Team socials

Job summary

Client Server in London is seeking an Engineering Team Lead (AI Python) to guide a cross-functional, Agile engineering team responsible for data-centric software solutions. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, technical direction, and customer-focused product improvements.

You will balance coding with strategy, drive an Azure-based stack using Python, FastAPI, React/TypeScript, and a multi-provider LLM setup. Flexibility includes WFH with London office collaboration.

Qualifications

• Hands-on leadership with a technical focus and mentoring
• Strong Python experience and knowledge of modern asynchronous web frameworks
• Experience building LLM-powered applications with multi-provider integration

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor an engineering team within an Agile framework
• Balance development with technical strategy and delivery ownership
• Drive cloud-first engineering on an Azure-based platform
• Collaborate with Product, UX and QA to shape the roadmap

Skills

Python

Async web frameworks

LLM powered apps

Team leadership

Mentoring

Tools

OpenAI

Gemini

Anthropic

LangChain/LangGraph

Job description

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
• 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