Lead Software Engineer — AI/ML & Platform Architecture (Hybrid UK)

8th Light; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness package

L&D programme

Learning stipend

Coworking support

New parent leave

Job summary

8th Light in London is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive architecture and delivery for high-impact client engagements. You will balance hands-on development with guiding teams on scalable, production-ready software across languages and frameworks.

The role includes leading ML-enabled projects, collaborating with stakeholders, and mentoring colleagues. London hub follows a hybrid model with one in-office day per week, and the compensation reflects regional benchmarks.

Qualifications

• Experience with platform engineering and internal developer platforms.
• Experience with data processing and analytics tools such as Databricks.
• Experience integrating AI/ML features into products or systems.

Responsibilities

• Make immediate contributions to client projects.
• Lead architecture and software design discussions.
• Collaborate on ML lifecycle systems from data ingestion to deployment and monitoring.
• Mentor teammates and drive backlog and roadmap discussions.

Skills

Platform engineering

Data engineering

Agentic systems

DevSecOps

MLOps

IaC

Tools

Databricks

LangChain

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

AutoGen

n8n

Job description

8th Light in London is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive architecture and delivery for high-impact client engagements. You will balance hands-on development with guiding teams on scalable, production-ready software across languages and frameworks.

The role includes leading ML-enabled projects, collaborating with stakeholders, and mentoring colleagues. London hub follows a hybrid model with one in-office day per week, and the compensation reflects regional benchmarks.