Lead AI Software Engineer: Architecture & Delivery

Faculty; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Annual Leave Policy

Private healthcare and dental

Enhanced parental leave

Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible

Hybrid Working

Sanctus Coaching

Job summary

Faculty is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape the technical direction and delivery of complex AI and software projects. You will act as a technical expert, applying your skills from architecture to client deployments while mentoring engineers and driving reusable solutions across the organisation.

You will lead high-risk, high-impact initiatives, balance trade-offs, and champion engineering excellence, cloud-native practices, and strong collaboration with customers and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Deep technical expertise with breadth to solve problems across ML and software domains.
• Strong software engineering skills in Python and at least one compiled language (Go/Java/Rust/TypeScript).
• Expertise in at least one major cloud provider (Azure/GCP/AWS) with experience delivering full‑stack web apps.
• Hands-on with containerisation and orchestration (Docker and Kubernetes).
• Experience leading teams, mentoring engineers, and influencing delivery.
• Excellent communicator with customers and stakeholders, guiding technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for complex ML and software projects and guide team priorities.
• Architect, implement and maintain scalable ML/software systems and justify key decisions.
• Define project problems, roadmaps, and oversee multi-workstream delivery in high-risk environments.
• Develop shared resources and libraries, mentoring engineers to contribute to them.
• Lead hiring processes and make informed selection decisions to grow the team.
• Proactively adopt new technologies and ways of working to stay ahead.
• Act as technical expert and coach for customers, estimating work streams and explaining rationale.

Skills

Python

Go/Java/Rust/TypeScript

Cloud: Azure/GCP/AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Team leadership

Communication

Full-stack web apps

Tools

Cloud providers (Azure/GCP/AWS)

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Faculty is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to shape the technical direction and delivery of complex AI and software projects. You will act as a technical expert, applying your skills from architecture to client deployments while mentoring engineers and driving reusable solutions across the organisation.

You will lead high-risk, high-impact initiatives, balance trade-offs, and champion engineering excellence, cloud-native practices, and strong collaboration with customers and cross-functional