Search & AI Retrieval Lead

Search Architecture Strategy

Knowledge Graph & Intelligent Retrieval

Data & Cloud Infrastructure (GCP-first)

Requirements

• 5+ years building and scaling production search or retrieval systems.
• Strong experience designing search architectures, not just operating them.
• Experience evaluating and selecting search technologies.
• Experience with semantic search and embeddings-based retrieval.
• Experience building pipelines on top of frontier LLMs (OpenAI, Gemini).
• Strong Python skills.
• Experience leading technical initiatives in mid-sized teams.
• Experience working with cloud-native systems (preferably GCP).

Benefits

• Tenure Gifts - Vouchers, extra holiday and sabbaticals for each year of employment.
• Health insurance through Vitality
• Employee Assistance Programme - Access to a health and wellbeing service that offers personalised advice and support from specialist teams.
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay.
• Annual Leave - 25 days + bank holidays which includes a week's closure over the Christmas period to fully reset.
• MyMindPal app - Online support for mental fitness that helps people to stress less and enjoy life more
• Corporate Events - From quarterly gatherings to our annual winter & Summer parties, we love to celebrate, collaborate and have fun together!
• We are committed to building an inclusive workplace – did you know that marginalized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every requirement listed? If you are interested in the above role, but don’t necessarily tick every box, we encourage you to apply anyway – this role could still be a great match! Take a look at our diversity statement here.