AI Engineering Team Lead

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to accomplish their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland.

Description

We're looking for AI Engineering Team Lead to help shape the future of AI-first decisioning platforms within our Sofia engineering organization. This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll combine deep technical expertise, architectural ownership, and people leadership to deliver intelligent systems at scale.

You'll play a pivotal role in transforming how we build software - embedding AI into the core of our platforms, driving innovation, and building teams that deliver meaningful business outcomes.

You will report to Software Engineering Director.

What you'll do:

• Lead the design and delivery of AI-native, production-grade systems integrated into core decisioning platforms
• Build and operate scalable, secure, high-performance AI services
• Define architecture, system design, and engineering standards across teams
• Embed AI capabilities into business-critical workflows
• Contribute hands-on to development using modern backend technologies and best engineering practices
• Champion clean code, testing, and engineering excellence across the SDLC
• Lead, grow, and manage a team of engineers with clear ownership and accountability
• Coach and develop team members in both software engineering and AI capabilities
• Drive performance, feedback, and career development processes
• Promote adoption of AI engineering practices, including model integration and lifecycle management
• Strengthen AI capability across the Sofia engineering organization

What you'll bring:

• Strong background in software engineering, particularly Java, backend systems, and distributed architectures
• Proven experience leading teams as a hands-on line manager
• Demonstrated success delivering scalable, production-grade systems in enterprise environments
• Experience building or integrating AI/ML or Generative AI solutions in production
• Ability to translate complex business challenges into robust technical solutions
• Solid experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and modern engineering ecosystems (CI/CD, containers)
• Understanding of AI system design, evaluation, and operational practices (e.g., LLMOps)
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