Job Vacancy Deputy Director, AI Engineering (Justice AI Unit) - MoJ - SCS1

Reporting into the Director of Justice AI Unit you will:

Strategic Leadership:

• Lead engineering across the Justice AI Unit, setting technical direction for delivery of AI-powered products at scale.

• Own decisions impacting thousands of users across the justice system, ensuring reliability, security, and fairness.

• Drive adoption of platform engineering best practices, particularly in Azure, ensuring scalable, resilient infrastructure.

• Translate advances in large language models into practical, deployable solutions that support justice outcomes.

Senior Stakeholder Engagement:

• Provide technical leadership for AI product development, ensuring products balance speed, safety, and user need.

• Build and scale applications powered by large language models, including decisions on cost, performance, and latency.

• Apply strong product judgement to weigh trade-offs between functionality, scalability, and user outcomes.

Team Leadership and Coordination:

• Lead and manage a team of engineers, ensuring they deliver innovative products in a fast-paced environment.

• Build a high-performance, mission-driven engineering culture with strong focus on collaboration and pragmatism.

• Coach and develop engineers, providing technical and career progression pathways.

Operational Excellence:

• Ensure security best practices in all engineering work, safeguarding sensitive data and systems.

• Oversee efficient resource planning, infrastructure scaling, and cost management.

• Ensure alignment between engineering delivery and MoJ digital/AI strategy.

Deputising for the Director of AI:

• Represent the Director in strategic forums, including cross-government AI working groups, high-level stakeholder engagements, and external conferences.