Forward Deployed Data and AI Tech Lead

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About the project

Your responsibilities

• Embed directly with client business teams to identify, frame and prioritise high-value data and AI opportunities.
• Design, prototype and demonstrate working solutions spanning data processing, data products, AI/ML workflows and agentic AI solutions using cloud-native technologies.
• Lead a pod of forward-deployed engineers, providing technical direction, reviewing work and removing delivery obstacles while remaining hands-on in development.
• Make pragmatic build, pivot or stop decisions based on business value and validated learning.
• Translate validated prototypes and requirements into scalable, production-ready delivery opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and bridge business and technical perspectives.
• Promote responsible AI and compliance-by-design principles from the earliest stages of solution development.
• Mentor and develop engineers while contributing to reusable assets, accelerators and engineering best practices.

Our requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field with approximately 8+ years of hands-on software, data or AI engineering experience, including technical or team leadership responsibilities.
• Proven experience delivering data or AI solutions from prototype to real-world adoption.
• Strong Python programming skills and solid software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience across multiple areas including data processing and pipelines, AI/ML workflows, LLM and agentic AI frameworks, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.
• Hands-on experience with cloud engineering, preferably Microsoft Azure, as well as AWS and/or Google Cloud, including infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders in consulting, product or forward-deployed environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both business and technical audiences.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, demonstrate strong business acumen and take ownership of outcomes.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work at the forefront of Applied AI Engineering, delivering real business impact for leading organisations.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies across data, AI/ML, agentic AI and cloud platforms.
• Opportunity to lead high-performing engineering teams and influence technical strategy.
• Professional and financial support in obtaining recognised qualifications and certificates.
• EY Badges - global certification of your competencies and the opportunity to earn an MBA title from the prestigious Hult International School of Business.
• Career Counselor - professional, one-to-one guidance on career building and development.
• Psycho-educational platform - a package of free consultations with specialists in the broad field of mental health and personal development and access to educational activities.
• Benefit programme offering private healthcare with additional preventive examinations, life insurance, tickets, team sports, language learning platform, sports cards and much more (available online and offline).
• Convenient hybrid working model.

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