AI Build Lead

About the role

The gap between the engineering manager, the product owner, and the hands-on builder is closing fast, and this role is for the person already operating in that mode. You lead the team, own delivery, and write the production code that puts the product in front of real customers. This is not three jobs crammed into one. Multiverse has built an environment where AI-native ways of working collapse the old boundaries, so one person can own the whole arc from idea to live product. The Scotland hub exists to build AI-native products like this one and set the practices that make the company AI-first. You partner with the leadership to shape the vision and own how it comes to life. The north star is still taking shape, so there is real room to influence what the product becomes while you build it, with a tight loop between customer feedback and what you build next. As a player-coach, you line-manage and grow a small core team while staying in the code, pulling in other engineers and specialists as the work needs them. The team is assembled around this problem and runs a compressed, AI-native delivery loop: ideation to production in days not quarters, experimentation over debate, and an obsession with the right outcome rather than the perfect solution. We embrace a "re-teaming" culture, giving you the high-agency opportunity to dynamically form teams around business priorities, tackle new disciplines, and drastically accelerate your career trajectory.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of the product.
• You bring the product vision to life for real apprentices, customers and coaches. You own discovery, build, launch, and the calls on what to build next. You are accountable for impact and not just for shipping on time.
• Lead the team as a player-coach.
• You line-manage and grow a small core team while staying in the code, and pull in other engineers and specialists as the work needs them. You set the standard in the work itself, and create the psychological safety and guided autonomy that let people own their decisions.
• Ship production code yourself.
• Prototypes, proofs of concept, and production agents in the same repos and behind the same gates as everyone else's. When building the thing is the fastest way to learn or unblock the team, you build it.
• Read the customer and run a fast build loop.
• Help shape how Multiverse works AI-native.
• The ways of working that make this role possible are constantly being refined. You contribute the patterns, tooling, and operating model, prove them in how your own team runs, and share what works with the wider org.

Requirements

• Product Ownership
• Production AI Engineering
• Player-Coach Leadership
• You have led and grown engineers while staying hands-on, setting direction and coaching without disappearing into management. You create psycho

Benefits

Additional Information

Multiverse is the upskilling platform for AI and Tech adoption. We have partnered with 1,500+ companies to deliver a new kind of learning that's transforming today's workforce. Our upskilling apprenticeships are designed for people of any age and career stage to build critical AI, data, and tech skills. Our learners have driven $2bn+ ROI for their employers, using the skills they've learned to improve productivity and measurable performance. In June 2022, we announced a $220 million Series D funding round co-led by StepStone Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst. With a post-money valuation of $1.7bn, the round makes us the UK's first EdTech unicorn. But we aren't stopping there. With a strong operational footprint and 800+ employees, we have ambitious plans to continue scaling. We're building a world where tech skills unlock people's potential and output. Join Multiverse and power our mission to equip the workforce to win in the AI era.

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