Lead AI Engineer

2510-09 Lead AI EngineerSalary: £50,364 - £53,982per annum (Grade 11)Contract type: Full-time (36.5 hours per week), PermanentThe challenge

At WJEC, we contribute to our education communities by providing trusted qualifications and specialist support, to allow our learners the opportunity to reach their full potential. This is a fantastic chance to be part of an organisation that both encourages and enhances the minds of tomorrow.

The role

The Lead AI Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions across the organisation, ensuring AI technologies deliver innovation, efficiency, and value in both assessment and resource development. They will support development lifecycle of AI-related use cases, leading the technical design and implementation to ensure solutions are robust, ethical, and aligned with organisational strategy.

They will establish and maintain coding standards, model development processes, and best practices for AI, managing a small team of AI developers, providing technical leadership and mentoring along the way. This is an exciting role which will help to keep the organisation at the forefront of AI innovation by researching and applying emerging technologies in practical, scalable ways.

About you

Technically, the right candidate will have strong coding skills in TypeScript and REACT; and experience with AI/ML frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face) and a deep understanding of MLOps, cloud-based AI services (AWS, Azure, GCP), and deployment pipelines. Candidates should have some experience developing AI-powered applications or solutions and be comfortable coaching/mentoring others in these new technologies. Fundamentally, candidates must be able to demonstrate their commitment to ethical and responsible AI development.

Benefits

At WJEC, we are proud to be a flexible and inclusive place to work. We offer a range of excellent benefits including: 25 days annual leave together with 16 days statutory and additional holidays (adjusted for part-time and compressed working patterns), free Welsh language courses, a generous pension scheme and numerous family friendly policies.

We operate a hybrid working model, enabling the successful candidate to split their time between WJEC offices and working at home, subject to business need. As such, applications are invited from individuals across the UK but please note that regular working from our Cardiff offices will be required – whilst flexibility can be discussed, this team currently attend the office, on average, once per week.

If you would like to know more about this role, or about working at WJEC, please do not hesitate to contact our HR team (HR@wjec.co.uk), who will be more than happy to help.

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday 16 November 2025