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Technical Lead - AI

Job Posted: 19 days ago

Salary: £ 675 - 700 / Day
Job Type: Contract
Location: S1, Orchard Square, Sheffield

Expire in: 8 days

Job Description

Technical Lead – AI
  * Inside IR35
  * 3-days per week in Sheffield, 2-days remote
We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead – AI to join a leading financial services client, helping drive the evolution of modern software engineering through applied AI and intelligent automation.
This role sits within a fraud protection environment, focused on building AI agents to detect financial crime events and improve software delivery efficiency across engineering teams. The successful candidate will combine strong full-stack engineering expertise with hands-on experience deploying and integrating large language models and agentic AI workflows into production environments.
Key responsibilities:
  * Designing and building AI agents for fraud detection and production engineering services
  * Embedding AI capabilities across the software development lifecycle, from code creation through to delivery
  * Improving engineering efficiency through AI-driven code validation, reviews, and automation
  * Acting as a technical lead, mentoring and upskilling engineering teams while remaining hands-on
  * Building scalable, production-grade software and AI-enabled platforms
Requirements:
  * Strong full-stack engineering background with Java, Spring Boot, and React
  * Hands-on experience with LLMs and AI tooling such as Co-Pilot, Claude, OpenCode, or Mistral
  * Experience building agentic AI workflows in enterprise environments
  * Kubernetes and event-driven architecture experience, including Kafka and Google Pub/Sub
  * Public cloud agnostic engineering experience
  * Strong stakeholder engagement and technical leadership capability
Additional information available on successful application

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