Technical Lead for AI & MACH, responsible for end-to-end ideation, technical innovation, design, scoping, development, deployment and maintenance of solutions using the latest tools and technologies. Client-facing role with a focus on thought leadership and technical strategy.
Requirements
- Client facing
- Thought Leadership and promotion of AKQA Technology
- AI Implementor
- AI Usage - proficient elevated workflow and development tooling
- AI Enabled Experience Development & Integration - vendor and cloud landscape knowledge, systems design, integration & model customisation
- AI Architecture - Agentic AI creation and Orchestration
- AI Content & Data Engineering - experience of collecting, cleansing, transforming and embedding
- AI Cost x Value calculations
- AI Governance and Testing models
- Design and implement first-class end-to-end Solutions and MACH Architectures
- Ability to create prototypes or bug fixes
- Ability to integrate innovative solutions into the technical architecture
- Ability to analyse, appraise and make recommendations, taking into account existing client technology landscape whilst pushing new technology solutions to align with business ambitions
- Ability to evaluate and validate the technical complexities of multi-tiered web solutions and systems integration, their underlying technologies and the latest technical tools
- Ability to gather requirements and break them down into the technical tasks required to complete a project phase
- Ability to operate within different software delivery methodologies such as Lean Innovation teams, KANBAN and larger SCRUM teams
- Ability to recognise technical risk and plan to mitigate, and/or move fast to solutionise
- Able to decide the resource profile required for a project and to provide top-down and bottom-up estimates against a scope
- Line manage and coach Developers and help them to grow and develop their careers and capabilities
- Ability to manage one or two; onshore, nearshore, offshore or hybrid development team(s) at a time
- Strive to learn new skills and stay abreast of technical developments, successfully applying them to work practices
- Ability to compare and select the most appropriate supplier or product for the required task
- Ability and techniques to improve processes per project, client workstreams and in the technology department as a whole
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
