Lead AI & Machine Learning Engineer

** End Date
** Thursday 15 January 2026
** Salary Range**£92,701 - £109,060
** Flexible Working Options
** Hybrid Working, Job Share
** Job Description Summary
** Leads the desigining of patterns, tooling, and templates to rapidly and efficiently deploy models into production. Scales AI/ML solutions on strategic infrastructure and integrating them into existing systems. Acts as a point of technical expertise and thought leadership, and provides line management and/or coaching to grow team capability.
** Job Description
***
* JOB TITLE:

** Lead AI & Machine Learning Engineer
** SALARY:** £90,440-£117,040
** LOCATION(S):
** Leeds
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* HOURS:

** Full-time - 35 hours per week
** WORKING PATTERN:
** Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
** About This Opportunity
** We’re looking for a strategic and technically skilled
** Lead AI & Machine Learning Engineer
** to join our
** Homes Platform AI Team**.In this role, you’ll design and deliver
** end-to-end AI and ML solutions**, combining advanced modelling techniques with robust engineering practices. You’ll work on
** product ionising AI and ML pipelines
** that solve complex data challenges, ensuring they are scalable, efficient, and secure.

Your responsibilities will include:
** AI & ML Model Development
*** Build and optimise models using machine learning and deep learning techniques.
* Experiment with architectures, hyperparameter tuning, and feature engineering to maximise performance.
* Evaluate models using appropriate metrics and validation strategies.
** Deployment & Operationalisation
*** Deploy AI and ML models into production environments with reliability and resilience.
* Implement monitoring and retraining strategies to maintain model accuracy over time.
** Engineering Excellence
*** Apply software development best practices, including Python testing frameworks, CI/CD, and source control.
* Use design patterns and automation to streamline the end-to-end development lifecycle.
* Lead code reviews and mentor colleagues to ensure quality and consistency.
** Innovation & Leadership
*** Drive adoption of cutting-edge AI technologies and frameworks.
* Collaborate with teams to identify opportunities for AI-driven automation and optimisation.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of AI within our platform—delivering intelligent, data-driven solutions that make a real impact.
** ABOUT WORKING FOR US
** Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will tooOur focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident.

So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know
** We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:*
* • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
** At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
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