Lead Software Engineer — AI/ML Solutions (Hybrid)

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

Job summary

8th Light in London is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive architecture and software design in client engagements. You will lead or co-lead high-stakes projects, balance technology choices with client needs, and ensure delivery of high-quality work within deadlines.

You will work across ML systems, data pipelines, and AI-enabled features, mentoring teammates and shaping our technical roadmap while upholding our culture of honesty and growth.

Qualifications

• Successfully led high-stakes consulting engagements from discovery to production.
• Built high-quality, maintainable software collaboratively, incrementally based on client needs.
• Experience writing production-quality code across languages and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and software design discussions for client projects.
• Collaborate on systems spanning data ingestion to model deployment and monitoring.
• Mentor teammates and drive backlog and roadmap for large engagements.
• Maintain relationships with client technical leaders and provide status updates.

Skills

Platform engineering

Data Engineering

Agentic ML systems

DevSecOps

MLOps

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

Databricks

LangChain

LlamaIndex

CrewAI

AutoGen

n8n

Job description

8th Light in London is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive architecture and software design in client engagements. You will lead or co-lead high-stakes projects, balance technology choices with client needs, and ensure delivery of high-quality work within deadlines.

You will work across ML systems, data pipelines, and AI-enabled features, mentoring teammates and shaping our technical roadmap while upholding our culture of honesty and growth.