Staff AI Engineer

Data Idols; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Data Idols seeks a Staff AI Engineer in London to lead a small squad, shaping and scaling AI solutions across the business. A hands-on technical leadership role blending AI engineering, strategy and team leadership with production-grade delivery.

You'll own the technical direction, prototype high-value AI use cases, and drive scalable, secure implementations aligned with responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering AI/ML solutions at scale.
• Proven leadership of AI or engineering teams.
• Hands-on delivery of data/AI projects and prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and deployment of data, AI and ML solutions.
• Own technical direction and AI roadmap.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

AI engineering leadership

Team leadership

Generative AI

Stakeholder management

Production-grade AI solutions

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Foundry

Azure ecosystem

Job description

Staff AI Engineer

Salary: £105,000 - £120,000

Location: London | Hybrid

Data Idols are working with a leading organisation that is investing significantly in its Data & AI capabilities. They are looking for an Staff AI Engineer to lead a small engineering squad and help shape, build and scale AI solutions across the business.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role, combining AI engineering, technical strategy and team leadership, with the opportunity to take emerging AI technologies and turn them into secure, scalable products that deliver real business value.

The Opportunity

As a Staff AI Engineer, you'll take ownership of the technical direction of a growing AI engineering capability, leading the design, development and deployment of Data, AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions.

Partnering closely with business and technology stakeholders, you'll identify high-value AI use cases, rapidly prototype new solutions and take successful ideas through to production. You'll also play an important role in shaping the AI technical roadmap and ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, well-governed and aligned with responsible AI practices.

Skills and Experience

• Strong experience delivering Data, AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions
• Hands-on experience with Databricks
• Strong experience with Microsoft Foundry and the wider Azure ecosystem
• Experience leading and mentoring AI or engineering teams
• Experience designing and delivering scalable, production-ready AI solutions
• Strong stakeholder managementIf you're an experienced Staff AI Engineer looking for a role where you can stay hands-on, lead a talented technical team and shape how AI is built and scaled across a major organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Staff AI Engineer