datatonic · London
SHAPE THE FUTURE OF AI & DATA WITH US Datatonic is Google Cloud's premier AI and data partner, specializing in designing, building, and operating production AI systems. We combine software engineering, machine learning, data engineering, and analytics on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with top-tier consulting skills to turn complex business requirements into reliable, production-grade products. YOUR MISSION As a Pod Lead, you will bridge high-level technical leadership, hands-on engineering execution, team leadership and consulting. You will lead, mentor, and grow a dedicated pod of AI Engineers while directly designing, deploying, and evaluating cutting-edge AI systems. You will own end-to-end project delivery quality, account growth, and team performance while remaining a key technical architect and direct builder on production workloads. WHAT YOU’LL DO 1. Hands-On Engineering & AI Systems - Design & Build AI Workloads: Design, deploy, and operate production-grade AI systems, including agentic workflows, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), orchestration, and foundation model fine-tuning. - Rigorous Evaluation: Build evaluation frameworks, define success criteria, and measure system performance using offline metrics, online quality monitoring, human-in-the-loop reviews, and failure-mode analysis. - Production Engineering: Build robust production pipelines, serving architectures, and monitoring for AI and ML workloads on client platforms (primarily GCP). - Agentic Delivery: Use coding and research agents daily in delivery, and build custom agents for evaluation suites, prompt/tool regression, data labeling, and repeatable team workflows. 2. Team Leadership & Talent Development - People Management: Lead, mentor, and grow a pod of MLEs and Data Scientists, taking ownership of hiring, career development, and performance management. - Retention & Engagement: Manage pod utilization, identify risks early, drive team certifications, and cultivate a high-trust, inclusive, an…
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