Tech Lead- Agentic AI, Python, Azure

Reference: 879139AI_1781617103

AI Tech Lead (Python | Azure | LLM / Agentic Systems)
Contract- Hybrid, UK (One day per month in the London office)

We're looking for a strong AI Tech Lead with Python engineering with proven experience building production-grade systems on Azure, alongside hands-on exposure to modern AI and agentic architectures.

This role is focused on designing and delivering scalable AI-enabled services, working across LLM orchestration, tool integration and real-world deployment in cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and build robust backend services using Python
  • Develop and deploy applications on Azure (AKS, Functions, App Service or similar)
  • Build and optimise AI / agentic systems, including:
    • LLM orchestration workflows
    • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines
    • Tool usage / agent frameworks
    • Evaluation and performance tuning of models
  • Work closely with product and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions
  • Ensure high standards of code quality, testing and performance in production systems

Required Experience

  • Strong hands-on Python development experience (production systems)
  • Proven experience deploying and managing applications on Azure
  • Experience with containerisation and/or orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes / AKS)
  • Practical experience building AI-driven solutions in production
  • Strong understanding of:
    • LLM ecosystems (e.g. OpenAI, OSS models)
    • RAG architectures
    • Agent frameworks / tool integration
  • Experience designing scalable, reliable cloud-native systems

Desirable

  • Experience with MLOps / model lifecycle management
  • Familiarity with frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph or similar
  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code

Overview

  • High-impact role working on cutting-edge AI systems
  • Strong engineering focus - not just experimentation, but production delivery
  • Opportunity to shape architecture and design decisions

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

COMPETITIVE SALARY
Added 16/06/2026
Reference: 879139AI_1781617103

Tech Lead- Agentic AI, Python, Azure

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