Lead AI Engineer - Permanent

Scrumconnect Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Scrumconnect Consulting in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead AI Engineer to drive production-grade AI systems within a large-scale operating model for a central government department. You will turn architectural guidance into semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation solutions, coordinating with data scientists and software engineers on secure, scalable deployments.

Based in the Newcastle upon Tyne area, the role requires occasional travel to Newcastle once per week to align with

Job description

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

This role requires once in a week travel to Newcastle.

About Scrumconnect Consulting

Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy, recognised for delivering impactful and innovative technology solutions across UK government departments. Our work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. We are passionate about user-centred design, agile delivery, and building digital services that make a real difference — and we're now scaling that expertise into large, high-stakes AI adoption programmes across the public sector.

Overview

We're looking for a Lead AI Engineer to be the hands-on technical builder at the core of a large-scale AI Operating Model programme for a central government department. Where the Lead Technical Architect sets direction, you turn it into working, production-grade systems — semantic search, RAG