Beijing, China
Job Family Group:
Information Technology (IT)
Worker Type:
Regular
Posting Start Date:
November 11, 2026
Business Unit:
Information & Digital Technology
Experience Level:
Experienced Professionals
Job Description:
What’s the role
The AI Engineering Lead is a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing and delivering secure, scalable and production-ready AI solutions. The role translates business needs into practical technical designs, leads delivery from concept through operational handover, and drives reusable engineering standards across business, technology and partner teams.
What you’ll be doing
Lead enterprise AI solutions from feasibility assessment and prototype through production deployment, stabilization and operational handover.
Translate business requirements into solution architecture, delivery plans, engineering tasks and measurable acceptance criteria.
Guide the delivery and integration of AI assistants, knowledge search, retrieval-augmented generation, intelligent agents and workflow automation.
Embed secure development, testing, deployment, monitoring, evaluation, documentation and rollback practices throughout delivery.
Ensure solutions meet security, privacy, responsible AI, performance, reliability, scalability and supportability requirements.
Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and external partners, manage technical risks and dependencies, review delivery quality, and coach colleagues on effective AI engineering practices.
What you bring
10+ years of experience in IT, including software, data or platform engineering, or technology delivery.
2+ years of hands-on experience delivering AI, machine learning or generative AI solutions in an enterprise environment.
Proven experience leading complex technology delivery from feasibility through production and operational handover.
Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, enterprise data, APIs, business systems, identity and access management, CI/CD, MLOps, testing and monitoring.
Ability to provide practical technical direction, review engineering quality, resolve delivery issues and balance value, risk, cost, speed and quality.
Strong stakeholder management, cross-functional leadership, and written and verbal English communication skills in global or matrix environments.
Experience with AI solution evaluation, reusable engineering standards, coaching, or complex business domains is preferred.
What we offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You’ll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.
Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
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