Lead Engineer

Lead Engineer - Generative AI | Python | AWS | LLMs Location: London or Knutsford (Hybrid)

We are working with a global financial services who are looking for an experienced Lead Engineer to join a high-profile Generative AI feature team developing AI-powered applications used daily by thousands of colleagues across the organisation.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the firms Generative AI strategy while leading the design, development, and deployment of innovative AI solutions within a highly regulated enterprise environment. What You'll Be Doing Leading the design and development of production-grade AI applications. Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Generative AI technologies. Working closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions. Evaluating and optimising Large Language Models (LLMs) and prompts. Supporting cloud-native deployments and DevOps initiatives. Essential Skills Strong Python development experience. Experience building applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), delivering AI solutions within regulated environments. Hands-on AWS experience including Bedrock, Lambda, S3, Lex, and CloudWatch. Experience with prompt engineering and LLM evaluation. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Why Join? Work on enterprise-scale AI products. Influence Generative AI strategy within a leading global financial institution. Collaborate with some of the industry's leading engineers and AI practitioners. Deliver solutions that create measurable impact across the organisation.

If you're passionate about AI, cloud engineering, and leading technical innovation at scale, we'd love to hear from you.