Senior AI & Data Engineering Leader — Energy & Commodities

Publicis Sapient; Greater London; On-site; GBP 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive workplace

Learning & development

Competitive compensation

Flexible working

Health benefits

Paid leave

Wellness program

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering for Energy & Commodities with a strong focus on machine learning, data, and cloud engineering. You will lead small, highly skilled teams to turn ideas into production-ready solutions that deliver measurable business value.

You’ll partner with clients and senior stakeholders to shape opportunities, design approaches, and demonstrate how AI and modern engineering unlock value, while growing the business through scalable patterns and

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering foundation and hands-on design/build experience.
• Deep ML, data engineering and applied AI knowledge beyond GenAI.
• Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/GCP with multi-cloud exposure.
• Experience with real-time data streaming and distributed processing.
• Ability to work with clients and translate tech into business value.
• Ability to lead small, high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Energy & Commodities clients to shape opportunities.
• Turn ideas into production-ready ML/data solutions with small teams.
• Develop reusable patterns and IP to grow the business.
• Communicate with CxO stakeholders and engineers.

Skills

Software engineering foundation

ML & AI

Cloud engineering

Distributed systems

Client-facing communication

MLOps

Solution design

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

CRM systems

SAP

Trading technology

Job description

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering for Energy & Commodities with a strong focus on machine learning, data, and cloud engineering. You will lead small, highly skilled teams to turn ideas into production-ready solutions that deliver measurable business value.

You’ll partner with clients and senior stakeholders to shape opportunities, design approaches, and demonstrate how AI and modern engineering unlock value, while growing the business through scalable patterns and