Generative AI & Cloud Architecture Lead

Mars; Greater London; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars Food & Nutrition seeks a Technical Lead for Generative AI & Cloud Technologies to drive the design, integration, and development of enterprise AI and cloud-native solutions across the organization.

Reporting to the Global Head of Data, AI and Enterprise Architecture, you will lead architecture, rapid prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration with business stakeholders, project managers, developers and analysts to deliver secure, scalable platforms and connected experiences.

Qualifications

• 8–14 years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in technical leadership or architectural design.
• Experience designing secure, high-availability, large-transaction environments.
• Hands-on coding experience with AI-assisted tools.
• Proficiency with APIs and REST/HTTPS.
• Expertise with AI platforms and enterprise integrations (e.g., Copilot, Gemini, Vertex AI, Claude).
• Advanced cloud architecture (Azure or GCP), Kubernetes, IAM, networks, secure storage.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and implementation of technology initiatives aligned with business goals.
• Rapid prototyping with PoCs/MVPs using AI models and frameworks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and define specs.
• Produce high-level and detailed architecture designs with performance and security in mind.
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies to improve performance and reliability.
• Stay current with tech trends and assist in project estimation and roadmaps.
• Contribute to architecture standards, guidelines and governance.

Skills

AI/ML expertise

Architectural leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Tools

Github Copilot

Claude Code

Kubernetes

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Mars Food & Nutrition seeks a Technical Lead for Generative AI & Cloud Technologies to drive the design, integration, and development of enterprise AI and cloud-native solutions across the organization.

Reporting to the Global Head of Data, AI and Enterprise Architecture, you will lead architecture, rapid prototyping, and cross-functional collaboration with business stakeholders, project managers, developers and analysts to deliver secure, scalable platforms and connected experiences.