Head of Agentic AI Systems — Hybrid Role

IFS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

IFS is rebuilding how software ships in AI-native teams. You will lead a small autonomous group, write production code, and set the bar for delivery and quality across front-end and back-end.

You will design APIs and event-driven services connecting workforce, project, scheduling and financial data within IFS Cloud and customer systems. Expect direct customer engagement, performance tuning, and secure, IaC-driven deployments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineers and delivering software end-to-end.
• Fluency with AI tools and agentic patterns in real engineering work.
• Experience shipping enterprise ERP or project-based software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small autonomous team, set technical direction and drive delivery.
• Design and ship full-lifecycle features across front-end and back-end.
• Build and consume APIs and event-driven services connecting data across systems.
• Make performance and scalability decisions to hold under load.
• Engage with customers environments to validate assumptions and bring evidence back to builds.

Skills

Team leadership

AI tooling fluency

Backend development

Frontend development

Education

Degree in CS / Software Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

LLM integration

Job description

IFS is rebuilding how software ships in AI-native teams. You will lead a small autonomous group, write production code, and set the bar for delivery and quality across front-end and back-end.

You will design APIs and event-driven services connecting workforce, project, scheduling and financial data within IFS Cloud and customer systems. Expect direct customer engagement, performance tuning, and secure, IaC-driven deployments.