Lead AI Developer

Hancock & Parsons Ltd; Leeds; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI solutions provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Lead Developer to provide technical leadership and engage with clients. This role involves mentoring developers, translating client requirements into technical solutions, and ensuring the quality of AI project delivery within a collaborative team. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in .NET, Azure, and modern AI frameworks, fostering innovation and responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• Expertise in mentoring developers and enforcing coding standards.
• Strong background in AI frameworks.
• Experience in documenting business process requirements.

Responsibilities

• Engage with client stakeholders to document business processes.
• Translate workflows into technical designs.
• Provide technical leadership across projects.
• Ensure AI solutions meet coding and compliance standards.

Skills

Delivery-focused outlook

Client engagement

Hands-on coding expertise

.NET experience

Azure proficiency

Excellent communication skills

Passion for innovation

Job description

A market leader in AI solutions is seeking a well experienced Lead Developer to join their innovative engineering team. You'll be responsible for providing technical leadership, customer-facing (requirements gathering), solution design, delivery oversight for AI projects and products. You'll take the lead in understanding client processes, solution viability and ensuring technical deliverables align. In addition, you'd work closely with Architects, Project Managers and client stakeholders to deliver scalable and secure AI solutions.

Skills & Experience :

• A delivery-focused outlook and commercial awareness
• Experience engaging directly with clients to capture business processes and requirements
• The ability to balance hands-on coding expertise with solution viability analysis
• Experience mentoring developers and enforcing coding standards
• A strong background in .NET, Azure, and modern AI frameworks
• Excellent communication skills to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A passion for innovation and responsible AI practices

Responsibilities :

• Engage directly with client stakeholders to capture and document business process requirements
• Translate business workflows into viable technical designs, backlog items, and deliverables
• Assess the feasibility and viability of solutions against business needs, budgets, and technical constraints
• Provide technical leadership across programmes and projects, coordinating outputs across delivery teams
• Support architects in solution design and integration patterns
• Mentor developers, fostering skill development and knowledge transfer
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, and technical prioritisation activities
• Oversee quality assurance, code reviews, and unit testing to ensure delivery quality
• Ensure AI solutions adhere to secure coding, accessibility, and compliance standards
• Contribute to implementation of LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI, and related frameworks
• Manage DevOps pipelines and CI / CD practices in Azure
• Support delivery of cloud-first applications across Azure, Power Platform, and M365
• Research and apply emerging AI and Microsoft technologies to improve product and solution delivery