Engineering Lead - Python & AI

Python Engineering Lead – AI & Intelligent Systems

Location:

London (Hybrid)

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to shape and deliver the next generation of AI-enabled products and platforms within a highly complex, data-rich environment. This role sits within a growing innovation-focused engineering team responsible for building intelligent systems that improve business processes, automate knowledge work, and unlock new opportunities through applied AI. You will play a key role in defining technical direction, establishing engineering best practices, and leading the design and delivery of production-grade AI solutions.

• Lead the design and development of AI-powered products and internal platforms.
• Translate business challenges into scalable technical solutions.
• Design and implement production-ready AI applications and intelligent workflows.
• Drive architecture decisions across cloud-native platforms and services.
• Establish engineering standards, governance, and best practices.
• Partner with stakeholders across multiple business functions to identify opportunities for automation and innovation.
• Guide and mentor engineers, consultants, and technical contributors.
• Support the responsible adoption of AI technologies within a regulated environment.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve delivery velocity and product capability.

The team works with a modern engineering and AI stack including:
Python, OpenAI and LLM technologies, Cloud-native platforms, Serverless architectures, Vector databases, Knowledge repositories, Modern data engineering tooling, AI-enabled development tools and workflows.

• Strong software engineering background with advanced Python development skills.
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-native applications.
• Experience building and deploying AI-enabled products into production environments.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience working with APIs, data pipelines, and modern engineering practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking capabilities.

• Experience working with OpenAI APIs and LLM-based applications.
• Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
• Understanding of AI agents and agentic workflows.
• Experience building knowledge management or search platforms.
• Experience with vector databases and semantic search technologies.
• Exposure to data engineering and machine learning workflows.
• Experience taking AI solutions from proof-of-concept through to production adoption.

We believe in equal opportunity for all and actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Source Group International Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.