AI Technical Lead

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.  

 We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do:  

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner  

• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business  

• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK  

• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW  

• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW  

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!.  

Job Description

Role Summary 

This role is for an experienced AI Technical Lead. The role requires experience designing, developing, and delivering AI solutions for large-scale organisations. We are seeking a hands-on technical leader with strong AI engineering capabilities to lead proof-of-concept development and production implementation while providing technical leadership across the delivery lifecycle. 

Responsibilities 

• Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of secure, scalable, and reusable AI solutions using approved enterprise platforms and technologies. 

• Build and integrate LLM, RAG, and multi-agent solutions using frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, LangChain, or similar. 

• Develop and maintain AI-powered applications, APIs, and backend services. 

• Lead the development of proof-of-concepts and pilot solutions, validating technical feasibility and supporting the transition into production solutions. 

• Work with Business Analysts, SMEs, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into production-ready AI solutions that deliver measurable business value. 

• Collaborate with architects, data engineers, product owners, and QA teams to deliver end-to-end AI solutions. 

• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, code reviews, and guidance to development teams. 

• Assess technical feasibility, integration requirements, data readiness, and solution constraints when defining AI solutions. 

• Apply engineering best practices for AI deployment, monitoring, optimisation, security, and lifecycle management. 

• Ensure AI solutions comply with architecture, security, DevSecOps, Responsible AI, and regulatory standards. 

• Maintain technical documentation and support knowledge sharing across delivery teams. 

Qualifications

Essential Experience 

• 8+ years' experience in the application development lifecycle. 

• Experience leading development teams and providing technical leadership. 

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale solutions. 

• Strong hands-on experience developing AI-powered applications and services. 

• Experience in backend development for AI applications and orchestration of LLMs or multi-agent systems. 

• Experience with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, or similar AI platforms. 

• Experience in prompt engineering and working with multiple AI models. 

• Experience developing proof-of-concepts and successfully scaling them into production solutions. 

• Proficiency in Python and modern AI development frameworks. 

• Experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP. 

• Experience integrating enterprise systems through APIs, services, and data platforms. 

• Strong and effective communication skills with experience engaging directly with business stakeholders. 

Desirable Experience 

• Experience with Semantic Kernel, LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or similar frameworks. 

• Experience with vector databases, RAG architectures, and enterprise search solutions. 

• Experience with MLOps, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and model lifecycle management. 

• Understanding of data governance, Responsible AI, GDPR, and AI regulatory requirements. 

• Experience working in regulated or complex enterprise environments. 

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies, Scrum practices, and application lifecycle management. 

Additional Information

Why Version 1?  

 At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.  

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits  

• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme  

• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance  

• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme  

• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies  

• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat  

• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.  

• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.  

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.     

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.  

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.  

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.  

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