Lead Software Engineer – Python, React & AI

London | Hybrid Working | £80,000–£110,000 + Bonus + Benefits | Permanent

Intelligent Talent is recruiting experienced Lead Software Engineers (Tech Leads / Technical Lead) for an established international professional services organisation investing in its internal software engineering and AI capabilities.

The business is developing new AI-powered products to change how complex legal and document-intensive work is delivered. This isn't a role focused on maintaining legacy applications or managing developers from a distance. It's about building brand new products and software, making technical decisions and taking responsibility for getting products into production.

You'll spend around 70–80% of your time hands-on, working with Python, React, TypeScript and modern AI technologies. Alongside the engineering work, you'll provide technical leadership to a scrum team, influence architecture and help establish the engineering standards needed as the capability grows.

The organisation is expanding its engineering teams to support increased investment in agentic AI and internally developed software products.

You'll take technical ownership of delivery, working alongside software engineers, product owners, architects and the wider cloud and platform teams.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the techn...