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WiseSenior Engineering Team Lead - Generative AI Platform
Wise seeks a Senior Engineering Team Lead to guide its Generative AI Platform team in London. The successful candidate will direct the engineering group responsible for…
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Wise seeks a Senior Engineering Team Lead to guide its Generative AI Platform team in London. The successful candidate will direct the engineering group responsible for platforms that allow staff to rapidly experiment with and deploy generative artificial intelligence systems securely. This position involves scaling AI capabilities across the organization while ensuring reliability, regulatory compliance, and customer protection. The role requires partnering with product groups, managing vendor relationships, and operating…
Job Description
Wise seeks a Senior Engineering Team Lead to guide its Generative AI Platform team in London. The successful candidate will direct the engineering group responsible for platforms that allow staff to rapidly experiment with and deploy generative artificial intelligence systems securely. This position involves scaling AI capabilities across the organization while ensuring reliability, regulatory compliance, and customer protection. The role requires partnering with product groups, managing vendor relationships, and operating cloud-based infrastructure.
The company processes cross-border money transfers and operates a digital platform handling massive volumes of financial data daily. Engineering teams focus on automation, reusable designs, and programmatic execution to support worldwide growth. This opening is structured as a full-time, on-site position located in London, offering a starting salary range between GBP 135,000 and 175,000 per year alongside restricted stock units and standard company benefits.
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering teams building and maintaining generative AI platforms
- Provide tooling, guidance, and guardrails for safe AI experimentation and production deployment
- Manage vendor negotiations and explain associated costs to the business
- Run and maintain services and libraries with a focus on high availability, observability, and service management
- Mentor junior engineers and guide teams through project delivery using agile and traditional methodologies
Requirements
- Solid engineering background in Python with experience putting solutions into production and maintaining them
- Experience deploying microservices to cloud-based systems
- Experience designing and implementing distributed and concurrent systems
- Knowledge of large language models and building LLM-based applications
- Experience with agentic frameworks and designing agentic-based workflows
Qualifications
- Background in TypeScript or JavaScript with experience building performant user interfaces or using TS/JS AI frameworks
- Familiarity with standard Java stack including Spring Boot
- Experience with Terraform, GitHub Actions, Infrastructure as Code, AWS, or other cloud ecosystems
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and running containerized workloads
- Knowledge of Semantic Search, RAG-based workflows, and MCP servers
Core Skills
Benefits
- Starting salary of GBP 135,000 to 175,000 per year
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Company benefits package
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What is the location and remote status for this role?
This is a full-time, on-site position located in London.
What is the salary range for the Senior Engineering Team Lead position?
The starting salary is between GBP 135,000 and 175,000 per year, plus restricted stock units and company benefits.
What core technical background is required?
Candidates need a solid engineering background in Python with experience deploying and maintaining production solutions, along with cloud microservices and large language model application development.
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