CareerPlan

Head of Engineering and Applied AI

LondonFull-time£80k–£100k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10
HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Lead engineering organization and develop safe, clinically grounded AI systems for healthcare and policing.

Role type

Senior IC/Manager Head of Engineering & Applied AI

Builds

AI systems for NHS mental health, policing, and social care

Domain

Healthcare + Law Enforcement + Applied AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM orchestration, clinical NLP, evaluation frameworks, LLMOps, architecture design, team leadership, security engineering, incident response

Preferred skills

knowledge-graph reasoning, hallucination detection, human-centred AI, structured generation, agentic workflows

Technologies

LLMs, knowledge graphs, EPR systems, evaluation suites

Responsibilities

Define and deliver applied AI strategy; coordinate delivery across backend, frontend, mobile, infrastructure, and data; lead major architectural decisions; uphold production-readiness and security standards; provide technical direction and mentoring to engineers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities