Lead AI Engineer

At IFS, we're building the next generation of AI-native enterprise software, transforming how some of the world's largest organisations manage assets, operations and critical services.

This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of modern AI engineering, building intelligent products that combine Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic AI and cloud-native technologies to solve complex, real-world business challenges at enterprise scale.

We're looking for engineers who are passionate about building production AI systems and excited by the opportunity to shape the future of enterprise software.

Please note that this role requires demonstrable, hands-on experience designing, building and shipping production AI applications.

Candidates whose AI experience is limited to using tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or GitHub Copilot to assist software development, without demonstrable experience building AI-powered products or systems, will not meet the requirements for this role.

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

As a Lead AI Engineer, you will design and build applied AI solutions that drive measurable business value from concept through scalable production deployment. You'll architect enterprise AI systems leveraging large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic workflows while leading technical strategy and mentoring engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect AI-powered systems using LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows, and orchestration patterns integrated with enterprise data and business processes

• Develop secure, maintainable, production-ready software platforms and cloud-native services that orchestrate models, tools, retrieval systems, and enterprise workflows

• Build rapid prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate new technologies and identify business opportunities

• Establish comprehensive evaluation, monitoring, and quality practices including testing, benchmarking, observability, and continuous improvement

• Lead technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and drive engineering best practices across teams

• Mentor engineers and develop reusable AI capabilities and frameworks that accelerate delivery across the organization

• Collaborate with product teams, architects, domain experts, customers, and partners to identify opportunities and deliver business impact

• Influence IFS's AI strategy and long-term technology direction through hands-on delivery, experimentation, and customer engagement, including external-facing innovation through industry events and partner collaboration

Core Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, AI, Data Science, or a related field. Master's degree is advantageous.

• 8+ years of professional experience in AI, Machine Learning, and/or Software Engineering, backed by a proven track record of successfully delivered projects.

• Experience bringing incubated AI solutions to production, including scoping, design, development, testing, deployment, and vigilant monitoring.

• Strong programming skills one or more mainstream programming languages such as Python, Golang, C# or…