Lead AI Engineer

The role

The Lead AI Engineer will drive AI capabilities across WPP proprietary creator, influencer, and social commerce platforms. The role covers building and deploying AI features, leading technical work, and mentoring junior engineers.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered features across WPP proprietary platforms
• Build AI solutions using LLMs, multimodal AI, embeddings, vector search, and AI agents
• Integrate AI into influencer planning, creator discovery, content analysis, and automation
• Build and optimize applications on OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Vertex AI, and related frameworks
• Develop scalable AI services and APIs for internal and client-facing products
• Support deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of AI systems in production
• Integrate external APIs, data providers, and AI services into internal platforms
• Continuously evaluate emerging AI tools and prototype new concepts
• Mentor and support junior AI engineers
• Collaborate with product, engineering, strategy, and regional teams

Required qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python and modern AI development frameworks
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, generative AI systems, embeddings, vector databases, and RAG architectures
• Experience with OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Vertex AI, LangChain, or similar ecosystems
• Experience building APIs, backend services, and production-ready AI applications
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD workflows, and scalable deployment
• Familiarity with SQL, NoSQL, and large-scale data processing
• Understanding of cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS
• 5+ years in software engineering, machine learning, or applied AI roles
• Proven experience building and deploying AI-powered products in production
• Experience leading projects or mentoring junior technical resources

Nice to have

• Experience with social media, creator economy, influencer marketing, recommendation systems, or commerce platforms
• Experience with semantic search, content intelligence, or automation workflows
• Exposure to AI agents and workflow orchestration systems
• Experience integrating AI into enterprise or SaaS platforms
• Familiarity with analytics, creator intelligence, or content recommendation products

Benefits

• Competitive medical insurance
• Group retirement plans
• Vision and dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Preferential partner discounts
• Employee mental health awareness days
• Employee resource groups
• Access to global WPP Media and WPP networks for learning and growth

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's global media collective, bringing together media, data, and partnerships. It operates an AI-driven platform called WPP Open and is an equal opportunity employer.