Are you passionate about Artificial Intelligence and ready to lead from the front? We're looking for a Lead AI Engineer to join our AI and Data Practice at Sopra Steria. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll combine technical expertise with line management responsibilities, guiding and developing a talented team while shaping the future of AI solutions.
You'll work on cutting-edge projects, applying innovative AI technologies to solve complex business challenges. Alongside this, you'll mentor and coach engineers, fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment.
We offer great career progression opportunities, flexible benefits, and the ability to work from anywhere in the UK, with only occasional travel for client or team meetings.
What you'll be doing
* Leading the delivery of advanced AI and agent-based solutions.
* Managing and developing a team of engineers, providing hands-on line management and support.
* Coaching and mentoring junior engineers, promoting best practice and growth.
* Communicating complex AI concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Managing project delivery to ensure outcomes are on time, within budget and to quality standards.
* Applying MLOps practices to address risk and technical debt.
* Staying up to date with advancements in AI, agent architectures and emerging best practices.
What you'll bring
* Proven experience in line management and team leadership within a technical environment.
* Expertise in AI and Machine Learning, including agent-based AI, RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), multi-agent systems and conversational agents.
* Strong programming skills in Python, Java or .NET.
* Experience with GenAI and LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Llama, OpenAI), including prompt engineering, fine tuning and advanced search.
* Familiarity with AI agent frameworks (e.g. Autogen AI) and digital assistant solutions such as Microsoft Copilot.
* Knowledge of cloud-native engineering techniques for scalable AI deployment.
If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we're looking for, please do apply, we'd love to hear from you
Referral Bonus: £1,500
Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.
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