Engineering Manager (Python) – GenAI Start-Up
at Durlston Partners
Posted 7 hours ago
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- Compensation
- £300,000+ GBP
- City
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
Currency: £ (GBP)
This role is for an Engineering Manager with a strong Python background to lead a core engineering team at a GenAI start-up in London. You will collaborate with AI researchers and senior engineers to deliver scalable AI systems, mentor engineers, and guide technical direction in a hands-on leadership capacity.
Engineering Manager (Python) – GenAI Start-Up – London – £300,000 + equity
Durlston Partners is working with an elite-level AI Tech firm that is looking for an Engineering Manager with a strong Python background to lead and grow one of their core engineering teams.
You’ll work closely with AI researchers, data scientists, and senior engineers to deliver scalable, high-performance AI systems. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll guide technical direction, mentor engineers, and contribute to production code and distributed system design in large-scale, data-intensive environments.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and mentor a high-performing team of software engineers working on AI research infrastructure, model training, and data pipelines.
- Drive the delivery of efficient, production-ready implementations of research models.
- Oversee the design, reliability, and optimisation of distributed, high-performance training and inference services.
- Establish and enforce best practices in testing, monitoring, CI/CD, and deployment across the team.
- Collaborate with product and research leads to define roadmaps and deliver high-impact engineering outcomes.
What They’re Looking For
- Strong academic background in Computer Science (ideally from a top global university).
- Experience leading engineering teams, ideally within Trading, Big Tech, AI, or similarly high-performance environments.
- Excellent Python skills and the ability to guide architectural and code-quality decisions.
- Knowledge of distributed systems or high-performance computing at scale.
- Track record of delivering complex technical projects and fostering strong engineering culture.
What They Offer
- Competitive compensation with equity.
- Work alongside top-tier AI researchers and engineers.
- Fast-moving, innovative environment.
- Direct impact: your leadership shapes the AI research and deployment infrastructure at scale.
If you are interested, please apply! Alternatively, feel free to reach out to david@durlstonpartners.com for a confidential discussion.
