About the OpportunityWe’re a UK-based deep tech start-up seeking a Lead Generative AI Engineer to join our enthusiastic and rapidly growing team. Ideally, you’ll have 5+ years industry experience leading teams working with NLP/Generative AI on a wide range of challenges in a fast-moving environment. The position will involve, technically leading teams and applying your skills to our two exciting, commercially focussed, core AI developments.The role will involve developing, combining and scaling natural language model systems, data enhancement, collaboration with the wider AI team, and keeping ahead of the latest trends in Generative AI and ML. The ideal candidate will have a 5+ years’ experience with NLP/Generative AI e.g., LLMs, utilising them as part of a natural language model system (ideally both in and before production). Alongside this the candidate will have good understanding of current literature around LLMs.The RewardsInitial salary: £neg., depending on experience & personal attributesOpportunity for rapid career progressionAn opportunity to shape the direction of fast-moving start-upGenerous share option schemeHighly flexible work hoursHybrid working optionKey ResponsibilitiesTechnically lead teams in a challenging fast paced environmentDevelop novel, accurate AI algorithms for Oxford Dynamic’s core AI productsWork with the team to deploy novel AI products into offline environmentsMinimum Qualifications & ExperienceStrong experience deploying LLM’s for searching pipelinesExperience leading teamsUp to date with current LLM and NLP researchHolding security clearance (min SC) or no known impediments to be security cleared to SCExperience designing, developing and deploying production machine learning pipelinesStrong background in NLP techniquesBS, MS or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or related quantitative fieldStrong presentation skillsPython for machine learning developmentFull-stack development, enhancement, and maintenanceGIT workflow & controlDocker for system deploymentAWS/Cloud experience Preferred Qualifications & ExperienceA portfolio of previous work (industry, Bachelors, semester, Masters, doctoral thesis, ...) in AI/robotics (Github repository) or published papers in relevant AI/robotics journals/conferencesExperience with Git-workflow within a production teamExperience with Agile product developmentExperience of working in a start-upBest practices in data engineeringFamiliarity with MLOpsExperience with building Restful servicesExperience presenting in front of project stakeholdersKeen business development interestStart date: ImmediateContract Type: PermanentOxford Dynamics is committed to creating an inclusive team experience for all. Regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or if you're parenting the next generation of innovators, we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.If you're interested in this role, please email your CV and we’ll be in touch.Recent Company News:UK AI start-up secures first software Enterprise Agreement Lite with UK MoD:https://www.thinkdigitalpartners.com/news/2024/09/17/uk-ai-start-up-secures-first-software-enterprise-agreement-lite-with-uk-mod/AI robot to venture into hazardous areas:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg647kqk34ro