Hybrid AI Tech Lead: Define a New Agentic Commerce Function

develop; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

Life assurance

International travel opportunities

Opportunity to shape a new function

Job summary

develop, Central London, is seeking an experienced technology leader to shape a new Agentic Commerce function. Hybrid (2-3 days per week) with up to £140k base, plus bonus and excellent benefits. This is a greenfield initiative backed by executive leadership and significant investment.

You will define technical direction, evaluate AI and agentic technologies for enterprise scale, and collaborate with product, security and engineering leaders to shape future capabilities.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native engineering.
• Strong opinions backed by practical experience.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive technical direction.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Passion for AI and emerging technologies.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and change.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical direction of a brand-new Agentic Commerce function.
• Evaluate emerging AI and agentic technologies for enterprise scale.
• Work with product, security and engineering leaders to shape future capabilities.
• Challenge existing approaches and drive innovation across teams.
• Influence architectural decisions and engineering standards.
• Act as a visible technical leader internally and externally.
• Support future hiring and help build a world-class engineering team.
• Engage with customers, partners and industry peers to spot trends.

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

Architectural experience

Cloud-native engineering

Influence stakeholders

Communication & presentation

AI & emerging tech enthusiasm

Ambiguity navigation

Job description

develop, Central London, is seeking an experienced technology leader to shape a new Agentic Commerce function. Hybrid (2-3 days per week) with up to £140k base, plus bonus and excellent benefits. This is a greenfield initiative backed by executive leadership and significant investment.

You will define technical direction, evaluate AI and agentic technologies for enterprise scale, and collaborate with product, security and engineering leaders to shape future capabilities.