Lead the delivery of AI-enabled, cloud-native platforms in a highly regulated enterprise environment.
We're hiring a Software Engineering Lead to take ownership of technical delivery, architecture, and team leadership on a major cloud and AI programme within a global financial services organisation.
This role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, stakeholder engagement, and accountability for high-quality delivery.
What's in it for you
- Annual Salary from £75,000 - £82,000 doe
- 12-month contract - Inside IR35 - PAYE
- 5 days on-site, Central London
- Opportunity to lead enterprise-scale AI/ML solutions
What you'll be doing
- Providing technical leadership across engineering teams
- Owning architecture and delivery of cloud-native systems on AWS
- Leading the implementation of AI/ML solutions, including LLM-based applications
- Partnering with product and senior stakeholders
- Ensuring engineering controls, governance, and SDLC best practices
What we're looking for
- Expert-level Java and/or Python experience
- Experience leading engineers and owning delivery
- Strong hands-on AWS experience (compute, networking, security, observability)
- Experience delivering AI/ML systems, particularly LLM and RAG-based solutions
- Strong DevOps and SDLC knowledge (CI/CD, IaC, testing, SRE practices)
Interested?
Apply for immediate consideration. Happy to discuss the role in confidence.
