Staff AI Engineer: Lead AI Solutions & Strategy

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

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.