Lead AI Enablement Engineer - AWS Bedrock & LLMs, Remote UK

Henderson Scott; City Of London; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Henderson Scott is seeking a Lead Engineer (AI Enablement) to guide an engineering team delivering an Enterprise AI Gateway and central generative AI capabilities for a public sector client. The role combines software design, development leadership, and hands-on engineering across cloud platforms and LLM integration.

The candidate will lead production backend design, manage performance, and drive secure, observable services on AWS Bedrock and related tech.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading software engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience with Python and TypeScript/Node.js.
• Experience building AI-enabled services and integrating LLMs.
• AWS Bedrock or similar foundation models experience.
• Strong knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC/IAM/RBAC and telemetry.
• Active SC Clearance or immediate eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead the AI Enablement engineering team and set engineering standards.
• Design software for production backend services, APIs, and workflows.
• Line manage engineers and support CPD, recruitment, and workforce plans.
• Oversee delivery across AWS Bedrock, AI Gateways, model integration, observability and security.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Cyber Security, FinOps, and Ops for secure live services.

Skills

Leadership

Python

TypeScript/Node.js

AWS Bedrock

OAuth2/OIDC/IAM/RBAC

SC Clearance

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes/ECS

CI/CD

Job description

Henderson Scott is seeking a Lead Engineer (AI Enablement) to guide an engineering team delivering an Enterprise AI Gateway and central generative AI capabilities for a public sector client. The role combines software design, development leadership, and hands-on engineering across cloud platforms and LLM integration.

The candidate will lead production backend design, manage performance, and drive secure, observable services on AWS Bedrock and related tech.