Hands-On AI Systems Lead

MAXIFY PTE. LTD.; Penarth, High Street; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MAXIFY PTE. LTD. is seeking a hands-on Engineering Lead to own the technical foundations, roadmap, and team needed to turn strong demand into a scalable product.

You will work across architecture, implementation, debugging, and people leadership, shipping production software hands-on and setting the technical bar. You will collaborate with the founder on product and engineering strategy, recruit and mentor engineers, and build AI-powered solutions with robust CI/CD and security practices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and operating complex production software.
• Active hands-on engineering depth.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or TypeScript.
• Experience designing scalable cloud architecture on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Robust CI/CD experience.
• Engineering leadership across architecture, delivery, feedback, and team development.
• Ability to move between coding, debugging, product judgment, architecture, and team leadership.
• Pragmatic trade-offs, clear communication, urgency, reliability, and ownership.
• A degree is welcome, but equivalent practical experience carries equal weight.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture and engineering roadmap.
• Build reliable agent systems across orchestration, memory, tools, permissions, evaluations, observability, and human oversight.
• Lead the design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operation of AI-powered products.
• Ship production software hands-on and lead architecture decisions and code reviews.
• Establish standards for code quality, security, reliability, CI/CD, and speed.
• Partner with product, data, and design teams and resolve technical risks and dependencies.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers.
• Partner directly with the founder on product and technical strategy.

Skills

Python

Java

TypeScript

Hands-on

Engineering leadership

Architecture

Delivery

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

MAXIFY PTE. LTD. is seeking a hands-on Engineering Lead to own the technical foundations, roadmap, and team needed to turn strong demand into a scalable product.

You will work across architecture, implementation, debugging, and people leadership, shipping production software hands-on and setting the technical bar. You will collaborate with the founder on product and engineering strategy, recruit and mentor engineers, and build AI-powered solutions with robust CI/CD and security practices.