Lead Machine Learning Engineer: AI Strategy & Delivery

Fdetimes; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Faculty is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to steer the technical direction and delivery of complex AI projects in a client-facing environment. You will act as a technical expert, shaping architecture, expanding capabilities, and ensuring scalable, responsible AI deployments.

You will lead a cross-functional team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with clients to define roadmaps and deliver practical outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong Python skills and practical experience operationalising models using frameworks like Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.
• Experience leading teams to build full-stack applications and delivering complex ML solutions.
• Expertise with at least one major Cloud Provider (Azure/GCP/AWS) and ability to coach engineers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Setting the technical direction for complex ML projects, balancing trade-offs, and guiding team priorities.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable, scalable ML/software systems and justifying key architectural decisions.
• Defining project problems, developing roadmaps, and overseeing delivery across multiple work-streams in often ill-defined, high-risk environments.
• Driving the development of shared resources and libraries across the organisation and guiding other engineers in contributing to them.
• Leading hiring processes, making informed selection decisions, and mentoring multiple individuals to foster team growth.
• Proactively developing and executing recommendations for adopting new technologies and changing our ways of working to stay ahead of the competition.
• Acting as a technical expert and coach for customers, accurately estimating large work-streams and defending rationale to stakeholders.

Skills

Python

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Cloud (Azure/GCP/AWS)

Leadership

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Faculty is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to steer the technical direction and delivery of complex AI projects in a client-facing environment. You will act as a technical expert, shaping architecture, expanding capabilities, and ensuring scalable, responsible AI deployments.

You will lead a cross-functional team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with clients to define roadmaps and deliver practical outcomes.