Software Engineering Manager (AI)

Magnitude Consulting is recruiting for an unnamed technology-driven organization seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on AI and software engineering. The role oversees engineering delivery, technical direction, AI-enabled applications and services, and team development.

Responsibilities

• Managing and developing a team of software engineers working on AI-focused applications, services and platforms
• Taking responsibility for engineering delivery, including prioritisation, resource planning and maintaining consistent development standards
• Providing technical guidance on system design, architecture and the development of scalable software solutions
• Collaborating with product teams, data specialists and other business functions to turn requirements into practical technical deliverables
• Overseeing the development and ongoing improvement of reliable, secure and maintainable applications
• Supporting the adoption of emerging AI technologies, including large language models, intelligent automation, AI agents and retrieval-based systems
• Establishing effective engineering processes across development, testing, deployment and production support
• Remaining involved in technical discussions, architectural reviews and significant engineering decisions
• Building a strong engineering culture through coaching, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
• Supporting recruitment, team development and longer-term engineering workforce planning

Preferred

• Exposure to AI development frameworks and orchestration tools such as LangChain, LangGraph or comparable solutions
• AI Development Frameworks
• AI Orchestration Tools
• LangChain
• LangGraph

Company

• IT consultancy and permanent recruitment across APAC, US, and EMEA
• London, GB
• http://www.magnitude-consulting.com/
• Founded in 2020
• 2-10 employees

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics or a comparable technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Approximately 8 years or more of commercial software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a team leadership or management capacity
• A successful track record of managing engineering teams and delivering complex software products or services
• Previous involvement in the development or delivery of AI-powered applications, machine learning solutions or intelligent software platforms
• Strong Python development experience
• Good working knowledge of generative AI, LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agent-based systems and associated technologies
• Experience working with cloud technologies, particularly AWS, alongside containerisation tools such as Docker
• An understanding of modern software delivery practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and deployment processes
• Knowledge of relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL, and experience with distributed systems or service-based architectures
• A strong appreciation of application security, reliability, performance monitoring and maintainable software design
• The ability to manage, coach and develop engineers at different stages of their careers
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to communicate technical concepts to a range of audiences
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and engineering tools such as GitHub, Jira, Jenkins or similar platforms
• Exposure to AI development frameworks and orchestration tools such as LangChain, LangGraph or comparable solutions

Required skills

• AI Agent Systems, AI Application Development, Docker, Engineering Team Leadership, Generative AI and LLMs, LangChain, LangGraph, Machine Learning, PostgreSQL, Python, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Stakeholder Management

Preferred skills

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Experience

• 8+ years