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.