Lead AI Engineer
Location: United Kingdom, Remote or Hybrid
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

About the Company
An established global technology platform specialising in digital publishing and print infrastructure is launching a new AI venture focused on transforming how printed content is created.
The company is building an AI powered design editor that allows users to generate fully customised, print ready designs directly from natural language prompts. Instead of relying on templates, the platform generates original layouts, graphics, and structured outputs automatically.
This is a newly formed AI venture backed by an existing global platform, offering the opportunity to build a product from the ground up while benefiting from the support and infrastructure of an established organisation.

The Role
The company is now hiring a Lead AI Engineer to design and build the backend systems that power the AI workflows behind the product.
This role sits at the intersection of backend engineering and applied AI. You will be responsible for architecting scalable AI systems that translate user prompts into structured, production ready design outputs.
You will work closely with product and engineering teams to develop the core AI infrastructure, ensuring the system is reliable, scalable, and capable of supporting high traffic production workloads.

Key Responsibilities
Design and build backend systems supporting AI driven design generation
Develop and maintain LLM pipelines and agent based AI workflows
Architect scalable APIs and services using Python frameworks
Build infrastructure that supports high volume AI inference and real time workloads
Collaborate with product teams to translate user prompts into structured outputs and workflows
Ensure reliability, observability, and performance across AI systems
Contribute to the technical direction of a new AI product from its earliest stages

Required Experience
Strong experience building production backend systems using Python
Experience working with FastAPI, Pydantic, or similar modern Python frameworks
Hands on experience building or deploying LLM based systems
Experience with agent architectures, RAG systems, or LLM pipelines
Strong understanding of scalable system design and distributed infrastructure
Experience deploying machine learning or AI systems into production environments

Desirable Experience
Experience with generative AI systems or content generation workflows
Experience with containerisation and cloud infrastructure
Previous experience in startup or early stage product environments

Why Join
Opportunity to help build a new AI product from the ground up
Backed by an established global technology platform
Work on cutting edge generative AI systems applied to real world creative workflows
Small, highly technical team with significant ownership and impact