Lead AI Engineer – Leeds

A Lead AI Engineer role involves developing and standardising reusable AI solution patterns, establishing technical architectures for LLM-enabled systems, and analysing complex constraints across multiple domains. The candidate will improve CI/CD pipelines with automation and monitoring, define operational strategies, and set standards for prompt engineering and testing to ensure quality and consistency. Responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders to deliver analytics-led solutions and advancing organisational practices to boost efficiency and performance. The role requires extensive backend engineering experience, cloud proficiency on AWS, DevOps practices, and leadership skills. Candidates should be capable of working on AI systems integrating data pipelines, retrieval, prompt orchestration, and agent workflows, with a strong emphasis on security and resilience.