# AI Lead Engineer

About us We’re the team behind digital retailer Very. Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do. And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you’re high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you’ll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go. If you love making a difference, you’ll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers. About the team This role sits within our Agentic Platforms team - one of the most exciting and forward-looking squads in Platform Engineering right now. We're building the AI infrastructure that will underpin Very's next generation of intelligent products and experiences. This is a greenfield space, which means real influence: you'll help define how we architect, build and operate agentic AI platforms at scale. About the role This is one of the most technically demanding and impactful engineering roles within Very. You'll be the technical authority on agentic AI platform architecture - the person the squad turns to for leadership, guidance and

- **Id**: 3871372
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/the-very-group-ai-lead-engineer>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Liverpool, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T14:34:57Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T10:34:03Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7790
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: E-commerce Platforms, Buy Now, Pay Later

## Company

- **Id**: 5371
- **Name**: The Very Group
- **Domain**: very.co.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/the-very-group>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 33
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Amazon EC2** — Optional: no
- **Amazon ECS** — Optional: no
- **Amazon S3** — Optional: no
- **API Gateway** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **AWS Fargate** — Optional: no
- **AWS Lambda** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **DynamoDB** — Optional: no
- **GitLab** — Optional: no
- **GitLab CI** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T14:34:57Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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