Senior AI Frontline Engineer & Tech Lead

Janus Henderson Group

Greater London

On-site

GBP 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

9 days ago
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Job summary

Janus Henderson Group is seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer in London to lead the AI transformation and embed with business units. You will set technical direction, own team deliverables, and guide the roadmap across AI Platforms, Architecture, Engineering, and Governance.

The role balances hands-on coding with strategic leadership, mentoring engineers, and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with our enterprise stack.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the team and own its deliverables.
  • Line-manage Forward Deployed Engineers as the team grows: hiring, onboarding, objectives, development, and performance.
  • Own the team's deliverables and outputs - what is committed, what is delivered, to what standard, and by when.
  • Allocate people and effort across the demand pipeline, and be the person who says no, not yet, or not like that.
  • Hold the engineering bar through design and code review, and grow engineers into owning engagements themselves.
  • Report progress, risk, and capacity to the Head of AI Technology and to business stakeholders honestly, including when delivery is off track.
  • Design, build, and productionise bespoke, higher-complexity AI solutions yourself, taking the hardest and least-defined engagements personally.
  • Own the architecture and design decisions for the team’s solutions, keeping them secure, scalable, and aligned to the enterprise core stack.
  • Take solutions through

Job description

Janus Henderson Group is seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer in London to lead the AI transformation and embed with business units. You will set technical direction, own team deliverables, and guide the roadmap across AI Platforms, Architecture, Engineering, and Governance.

The role balances hands-on coding with strategic leadership, mentoring engineers, and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with our enterprise stack.

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