Lead Data Engineer - Vector DB

• Lead Data Engineer - Python AI Vector PostgresSQL
• Leading Technology AI Brand
• SaaS - Platform based Technology Services
• London/City
• £170-200k salary + equity package

Our client a global technology leader is currently looking for a Senior/Lead Data Engineer to work with the dev team to guide the provision of Software Development for an exciting new AI product.

Key Responsibilities:-

• Architect and build scalable data pipelines and infrastructure
• Design and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and storage architectures for operational and AI workloads.
• Develop and manage batch and Real Time data pipelines.
• Build and optimize systems for vector search, retrieval, and ML data pipelines.
• Ensure data reliability, security, and governance across the platform.
• Collaborate with AI and Back End engineering teams to support training, inference, and product features.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and data quality frameworks.

Key Candidates Criteria:-

• Classic data principles

• Agentic data principles - vector DB, permissions, evaluation

• End-to-end data architecture ownership

• AI active in both products and development workflow

• Startup or early-stage experience - strong plus