Lead AI Engineer

TL;DR

Lead AI Engineer (AI/LLM): Designing and delivering production-grade AI systems and agentic workflows with an accent on scalability, reliability, and integration into core business processes. Focus on establishing engineering standards, architectural decision-making, and driving technical direction for complex AI initiatives.

Location: London (Onsite)

Company

hirify.global is a financial services company focused on providing credit products and services.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end technical direction, architecture, and implementation of AI systems.
• Design and build LLM-powered and agent-based solutions from concept to production.
• Establish engineering standards, patterns, and reusable components across various use cases.
• Make key technical decisions regarding models, tooling, infrastructure, and system design.
• Ensure systems are robust, observable, and production-ready through evaluation and monitoring.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to engineers contributing to AI initiatives.

Requirements

• Proven track record of owning the technical direction and delivery of production-grade AI systems.
• Deep expertise in generative AI and LLMs, including orchestration, prompting, and evaluation.
• Experience building agentic or multi-step AI systems.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including APIs, system design, and cloud-based architectures.
• Ability to drive technical direction in ambiguous or fast-moving problem spaces.
• Experience influencing engineering standards and practices across multiple projects.

Nice to have

• Experience building AI platforms or reusable frameworks.
• Familiarity with LLMOps/MLOps and production evaluation practices.
• Experience embedding AI into core business processes or enterprise systems.
• Experience working in large-scale or regulated enterprise environments.

Culture & Benefits

• 26 days holiday, rising to 30 with service, plus a holiday buy scheme.
• Double matched pension contributions up to 14%.
• Generous annual performance bonuses.
• Private medical insurance with Bupa, including mental health and cancer care.
• 26 weeks paid maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave.
• Free daily breakfast and lunch in the office provided by in-house chefs.