Lead AI Engineer, Sopra Steria

Lead AI Engineer, Sopra Steria

Company Sopra Steria
Job title Lead AI Engineer
Job location United Kingdom
Type Full Time

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of excellence.
  • Propose optimal solutions and lead the design and delivery across pre-sales, projects, and repeatable blueprints.
  • Make day-to-day decisions about the setup and priorities for the engineering community and make sure the right skills are maintained within the engineering function.
  • Lead teams, and support team members and junior colleagues in the performance of their respective roles.
  • Build and support the development of compelling propositions to take to market in the AI & Data field.
  • Focused on delivery excellence to ensure projects succeed against time, budget, and quality, with a focus on reducing risk and technical debt.

Requirements & Skills:

  • Proven leadership and team development skills.
  • Expertise in AI tools and techniques, including GenAI, LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Llama), and advanced features (prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG).
  • Knowledge of data and AI standards (GDPR, Information Security, ethical AI).
  • Experience with leading tools i.e. AWS Sagemaker, AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Platform / Machine Learning, and Jupyter.
  • Skills in AI document processing (OCR, handwriting recognition, computer vision).
  • Development of AI-enhanced digital assistants (Microsoft Copilot).
  • Data architectures include data integration, management, reporting and analytics, simulation, and digital twins.
  • AI-assisted software development and testing using tools such as GitHub Copilot or AWS CodeWhisperer.
  • Cloud-native delivery engineering such as Containers / Kubernetes, event-driven architecture, and microservices.

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