Lead AI Engineer
£80,000 - £90,000
Sheffield (Hybrid, 1-2 days a week)
A rare opportunity to step into a Lead level role where you will shape a new AI function and play a direct role in transforming how a digital insurer operates. You will build production grade AI systems, influence architecture, and drive agentic automation with a clear path to impact and visibility.
THE COMPANY
They are a technology driven insurance provider specialising in complex and non-standard home risks. Their model blends advanced AI capability with digital platforms to deliver a faster, smarter customer experience. You would be one of the first hires into this team, joining at a genuinely pivotal moment
THE ROLE
As a Lead AI Engineer you can expect to be involved in the following:
* Build production-ready AI agents on GCP using modern frameworks and Googles ADK.
* Develop scalable RAG pipelines spanning ingestion, text processing and vector search.
* Integrate AI systems into policy, claims and CRM platforms through REST and JSON APIs.
* Implement monitoring, evaluation, A/B testing and cost or latency dashboards.
* Contribute to broader AI architecture and help shape engineering patterns and strategy.
* Work closely with engineering, ML Ops and data teams to bring models and prototypes into stable, scalable production.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
The successful Lead AI Engineer will have the following skills and experience:
* Strong commercial experience in AI engineering, ML engineering, data engineering or software engineering with applied AI delivery.
* Deep expertise in GCP including Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Run or Functions and related tooling.
* Strong Python skills and experience developing APIs and production AI systems.
* Hands on experience with LLMs, embeddings, RAG, vector databases and retrieval frameworks.
* Familiarity with LangChain, LangGraph or similar agentic frameworks.
* Solid engineering fundamentals including Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD.
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BENEFITS
The successful Lead AI Engineer will receive the following benefits:
* Salary between £80,000 - £90,000 - depending on experience
* Hybrid working with 1-2 office days in Sheffield.
HOW TO APPLY
Please register your interest by sending your resume to Majid Latif via the Apply link on this page.