Head of AI-First Application Engineering

Academic Key; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Causaly in London is seeking a Director of Application Engineering to lead the engineering teams behind our agentic research product and the applications used by customers daily. You will set strategy, build the management layer, and drive delivery with measurable customer value.

You will oversee AI-first workflows, establish standards, and collaborate with Product, Data, DevOps and Security to ensure high-quality, scalable systems across time zones.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering.
• 4+ years leading engineering managers.
• Experience with AI coding agents (Claude Code or similar).
• Experience leading distributed teams across countries/time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering teams behind our agentic research product and the customer-facing applications.
• Set direction for application engineering within the broader engineering strategy; define team structure and operating model.
• Drive roadmaps, plan capacity with Product, and ensure delivery aligns with customer value; manage a leadership layer.
• Own quality, security and reliability across releases; establish incident response practices.
• Partner with Product, Data, DevOps and Security to ensure cohesive, scalable solutions.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering leadership

AI fluency

Distributed teams

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Agentic systems experience

Job description

Causaly in London is seeking a Director of Application Engineering to lead the engineering teams behind our agentic research product and the applications used by customers daily. You will set strategy, build the management layer, and drive delivery with measurable customer value.

You will oversee AI-first workflows, establish standards, and collaborate with Product, Data, DevOps and Security to ensure high-quality, scalable systems across time zones.