Engineering Team Lead AI Python

Client Server Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £100k per year

Bonus

Private medical insurance

Pension

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

Client Server Limited in London is seeking an Engineering Team Lead (AI Python) to lead a cross-functional team and shape the platform's direction while remaining hands-on with code. You will drive an Azure-based stack using Python/FastAPI, React/TypeScript and PostgreSQL, building LLM-powered applications and guiding the team to deliver the product roadmap with high quality and secure AI practices.

The role offers WFH with twice-weekly office visits and a comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams.
• Hands-on leadership with coding involvement.
• Strong Python experience and knowledge of modern asynchronous web frameworks.
• Experience building LLM-powered applications including prompt design and multi-provider integration.
• Strong PostgreSQL skills; familiarity with MongoDB and Redis.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor or GitHub Copilot.
• Adaptable in a fast-moving AI environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional Agile team of up to four engineers.
• Collaborate with Product, UX and QA to deliver the product roadmap and shape the platform's technical direction.
• Balance development with technical strategy, team management and mentoring.
• Drive cloud-first engineering on an Azure-based stack using Python/FastAPI, React/TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MongoDB.
• Embed automated testing and CI/CD while ensuring responsible and secure use of AI.
• Engage with customers to gather requirements and translate them into product improvements.

Job description

London, Greater London | £90k - £100k per year

Engineering Team Lead (AI Python) London / WFH to £100k

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 £100k
• 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