Lead AI Engineer

Tria Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Lead AI Engineer in London for a prestigious financial organization launching an AI initiative. The role involves hands-on technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and developing Azure-native frameworks. Strong experience in AI development, project ownership, and coding in Python and SQL is essential. Candidates will work in a collaborative environment on significant AI projects that enhance business outcomes.

Benefits

20% Bonus

20% Employer Pension Contribution

Qualifications

• Hands-on AI development experience in a cloud environment, ideally Azure.
• Proven experience in a lead capacity for technical projects.
• Practical experience with LLMs in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and mentor engineers while developing Azure-native frameworks.
• Build team-specific AI applications to deliver business outcomes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architects and data scientists.

Skills

AI development experience in cloud environment

Technical leadership

Large Language Models (LLMs)

Agent Orchestration

Python

SQL

Job description

Lead AI Engineer

Tech Focus: Microsoft Azure AI Stack/LLM/Agent Orchestration/Agentic AI/Data Science

Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 + 20% Bonus + 20% Employer Pension Contribution

Location: London - Hybrid

This is an exciting opportunity for a Lead AI Engineer to join a prestigious financial organisation as they launch a major AI initiative. Having completed their digital and data transformation programme, the organisation now operates fully in Azure Cloud and is making significant strides in AI adoption. They've built an AI platform designed to improve efficiency for both internal and external facing users.

This is a hands‑on technical leadership role. You'll lead projects and mentor engineers while actively developing Azure‑native agent frameworks and building team‑specific AI applications that deliver business outcomes.

You’ll work in a cross‑functional team alongside an AI Engineering Manager, Architect, DevOps Engineers, AI Test Lead, Data Scientists, and Project Managers.

What we’re looking for

• Hands‑on AI development experience in a cloud environment (ideally Azure AI Stack, but open to other platforms)
• Proven experience in a lead or principal capacity (technical leadership, project ownership, mentoring)
• Practical experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) in production environments
• Experience with Agent Orchestration and building frameworks that deliver business outcomes
• Strong coding skills in Python and SQL

Desirable

• Background in Data Science
• Light Front End development, for example being able to create internal web applications

If you’re passionate about building practical AI solutions and want to work in a collaborative environment that takes AI seriously, please apply directly and we’ll be in touch with more details.