Remote AI Technical Lead — Enterprise LLM & Production

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Greater London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly Profit Share Scheme

Strong Career Progression & Mentorship

Flexible/Remote Working

Pension

Private Healthcare

Life Assurance

Job summary

Version 1 is seeking an experienced AI Technical Lead to design, develop, and deliver AI solutions for large-scale organisations. You will lead POCs, production deployments, and provide technical leadership across the delivery lifecycle.

Role requires hands-on expertise in AI engineering, LLMs, RAG, and multi-agent systems, with cloud experience across Azure, AWS, or GCP. Flexible/remote working and strong career progression are offered.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in the application development lifecycle.
• Experience leading development teams and providing technical leadership.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience developing AI-powered applications and services.
• Experience in backend development for AI applications and orchestration of LLMs or multi-agent systems.
• Experience with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, or similar AI platforms.
• Experience in prompt engineering and working with multiple AI models.
• Experience developing proof-of-concepts and successfully scaling them into production solutions.
• Proficiency in Python and modern AI development frameworks.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience integrating enterprise systems through APIs, services, and data platforms.
• Strong and effective communication skills with experience engaging directly with business stakeholders.
• Experience with Semantic Kernel, LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with vector databases, RAG architectures, and enterprise search solutions.
• Experience with MLOps, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and model lifecycle management.
• Understanding of data governance, Responsible AI, GDPR, and AI regulatory requirements.
• Experience working in regulated or complex enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, Scrum practices, and application lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of secure, scalable AI solutions.
• Build and integrate LLM, RAG, and multi-agent solutions using frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, LangChain, or similar.
• Develop and maintain AI-powered applications, APIs, and backend services.
• Lead the development of proof-of-concepts and pilot solutions, validating technical feasibility and supporting the transition into production solutions.
• Work with Business Analysts, SMEs, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into production-ready AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.
• Collaborate with architects, data engineers, product owners, and QA teams to deliver end-to-end AI solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, code reviews, and guidance to development teams.
• Assess technical feasibility, integration requirements, data readiness, and solution constraints when defining AI solutions.
• Apply engineering best practices for AI deployment, monitoring, optimisation, security, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure AI solutions comply with architecture, security, DevSecOps, Responsible AI, and regulatory standards.
• Maintain technical documentation and support knowledge sharing across delivery teams.

Job description

Version 1 is seeking an experienced AI Technical Lead to design, develop, and deliver AI solutions for large-scale organisations. You will lead POCs, production deployments, and provide technical leadership across the delivery lifecycle.

Role requires hands-on expertise in AI engineering, LLMs, RAG, and multi-agent systems, with cloud experience across Azure, AWS, or GCP. Flexible/remote working and strong career progression are offered.