Hands-On AI Technical Architect & Delivery Leader

Wipro; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro in London is seeking a Technical Architect of AI Engineering to lead foundational infrastructure and the end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent AI initiatives. This practitioner-first leadership role blends hands-on implementation with programme leadership, customer influence, and team development.

You will split time roughly 80% Hands-On with production code, system architecture, and peer reviews, and 20% shaping technical strategy, mentoring researchers and engineers, and

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading AI programmes from discovery to deployment.
• Experience shipping LLM-backed applications to production.
• Strong hands-on engineering capability with enterprise-grade systems.

Responsibilities

• Write, deploy and maintain production-grade AI systems and pipelines.
• Architect robust, scalable AI loops and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Define delivery strategy, milestones and governance across multiple engagements.
• Lead teams and mentor engineers and researchers to high standards.

Skills

LLM deployment

MLOps

Python

TypeScript

System architecture

Code reviews

Stakeholder mgmt

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

Claude Code

OpenAI Codex

Cursor

Windsurf

Job description

Wipro in London is seeking a Technical Architect of AI Engineering to lead foundational infrastructure and the end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent AI initiatives. This practitioner-first leadership role blends hands-on implementation with programme leadership, customer influence, and team development.

You will split time roughly 80% Hands-On with production code, system architecture, and peer reviews, and 20% shaping technical strategy, mentoring researchers and engineers, and