Lead AI Engineer

Job Overview

Lead AI Engineer •
Target

Start Date:

ASAP •
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available •
Salary Range: £100,000 – £110,000 (Dependent on Experience) •
Location: Reigate, Manchester or Glasgow (Hybrid) •
Closing Date: Friday, 13th March

At Ageas/esure, we’re building on an exciting foundation of 20 live AI use cases already empowering over 900 frontline colleagues and we’re just getting started!

• Support and develop a small team, helping them grow and progress.
• Work with leaders to set and improve engineering and R&D standards.
• Shape the AI roadmap across both use cases and technology.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to understand processes and data, identifying high‑value GenAI opportunities.
• Drive scalable AI delivery as part of the Data Science & AI team, contributing to innovation across the enterprise.

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring, supporting the growth of a high‑performing team.
• Proven experience delivering AI into production, solving real commercial problems and measuring impact.
• A self‑starter with a track record of taking research and models through to production to drive tangible business and customer value.
• Comfortable working both autonomously and collaboratively in a fast‑paced, cross‑functional environment.
• Strong experience with advanced NLP, including developing models, prompt engineering and fine‑tuning LLMs in a commercial setting.

• Smart Working flexible location and time (within the UK).
• Minimum 35 days holiday (incl. bank holidays) plus buy/sell days.
• Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well‑Being activities – Mindfulness.
• 50% discount on esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance.
• Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Well‑being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events.
• Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non‑pregnant parent/co‑adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
• Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
• Tech deals: wearables, tablets and laptops.
• Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
• Return to work programme after maternity leave.
• Other: flexible working options (full‑time, part‑time or job share).

We are an inclusive employer and encourage anyone to apply. Ageas is a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we ensure recruitment processes are fully inclusive, with fair access to support and adjustments throughout the recruitment experience. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.

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