Head of AI, Game Generation

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd; City of Westminster; A distancia; GBP 120.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity

6% Pension

Private health & dental

Gym allowance

Descripción de la vacante

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd seeks an experienced Head of AI in London to lead the end-to-end game generation platform, including architecture, evaluation, and performance improvements. You will own the generation pipeline from intent through runtime execution, guiding a multidisciplinary team to deliver scalable, cost-efficient AI-powered game creation.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, balancing technical excellence with product priorities, while shaping the roadmap and metrics that

Formación

• Experience leading engineering teams delivering AI-powered generation systems at scale.
• Strong background in multi-stage AI generation, validation and evaluation pipelines.
• Proven ability to optimise model utilisation, routing and generation costs.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and grow the AI team across ML, data engineering and game development functions.
• Own the architecture and technical strategy for the game generation pipeline.
• Define evaluation frameworks, benchmarks and playability metrics.
• Design feedback loops that utilise player and creator engagement data.
• Drive model routing, caching, retrieval and optimisation strategies to reduce generation costs.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to shape the technical roadmap.

Conocimientos

LLM generation systems

Team leadership

Architecture design

Cost optimisation

Evaluation metrics

Games industry familiarity

Descripción del empleo

Head of AI
London - Remote
£120,000 - £150,000 + Equity + 6% Pension + Private Health & Dental + Gym Allowance

Are you an experienced AI engineering leader who has built and scaled production-grade LLM generation systems, and do you want to shape the future of AI-generated gaming by owning the architecture, roadmap, evaluation strategy and performance of a cutting-edge game generation platform?

This is a rare opportunity to join a well-funded, high-growth technology business at the forefront of AI-powered game creation. You'll take ownership of the end-to-end game generation pipeline, leading a multidisciplinary team while defining the technical vision that drives product quality, scalability and efficiency.

In this leadership-focused role, you will be responsible for evolving a sophisticated generation system covering intent extraction, model routing, asset retrieval, generation, validation, repair and runtime execution. You will work closely with product, game design and engineering stakeholders to ensure the platform continues to deliver engaging, playable experiences at scale.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record leading teams that have delivered LLM-powered generation products in production environments. You will be comfortable balancing technical excellence, commercial considerations and product priorities while driving improvements in both generation quality and cost efficiency.

The Role:

• Lead and grow the AI team across ML, data engineering and game development functions
• Own the architecture and technical strategy for the game generation pipeline
• Define evaluation frameworks, benchmarks and playability metrics
• Design feedback loops that utilise player and creator engagement data
• Drive model routing, caching, retrieval and optimisation strategies to reduce generation costs
• Partner with product and engineering teams to shape the technical roadmap

The Person:

• Experience leading engineering teams delivering LLM-powered generation systems at scale
• Strong background in multi-stage AI generation, validation and evaluation pipelines
• Proven experience optimising model utilisation, routing and generation costs
• Able to contribute to architecture reviews and technical decision-making
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to balance product and technical trade-offs
• Games industry, procedural generation or game tooling experience highly advantageous

Reference Number: BBBH281438

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.