Lead Engineer - Consumer Intelligence & Engagement
Core
Lead the design and development of AI-powered product discovery, semantic search, retrieval, recommendation, and conversational commerce services for a global sports brand.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (AI/ML infrastructure & search)
Builds
Production-grade backend services, microservices, event-driven systems, and agentic AI solutions for real-time consumer experiences.
Domain
eCommerce, retail, digital consumer products, search platforms, AI/ML
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
distributed backend systems, semantic search, vector search, retrieval, recommendation, agentic AI, LLM APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, API design, observability, performance optimisation
Preferred skills
Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Pinecone, Weaviate, LangGraph, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, coding agents, eCommerce experience
Technologies
Java, Spring Boot, Redis, SQL, NoSQL, Azure, LLMs, vector databases
Responsibilities
Lead technical architecture and engineering standards for search and recommendation platforms; design and build scalable, low-latency APIs and microservices; partner with AI/ML and Data teams to operationalise agentic AI capabilities; integrate LLM APIs and enterprise systems; drive engineering excellence through mentorship and architecture reviews; optimise performance and reliability through experimentation and automation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
