AI-First Engineering Transformation Lead

Salary: £60,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience implementing AI-first or AI-native engineering models
• Proven experience leading engineering transformation initiatives at scale
• Strong software engineering background with hands-on technical credibility
• Practical experience with AI-powered development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar platforms
• Deep understanding of modern engineering practices including Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-native architectures, and platform engineering
• Experience driving change, influencing stakeholders, and introducing new engineering ways of working
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage engineers, architects, and executive leadership alike
• Solid understanding of large language models (LLMs), AI capabilities, and their practical application within software development
• Background within enterprise SaaS, OSS/BSS, telecom, media, or large-scale software environments
• Experience developing engineering frameworks, operating models, or transformation programs
• Knowledge of AI governance, compliance, and secure software development practices

Responsibilities:

• Lead our AI-first engineering transformation across our Communications & Media portfolio
• Drive the evolution from traditional SDLC practices to AI-first software development
• Define and implement scalable AI-enabled engineering workflows and operating models
• Establish repeatable patterns for AI-assisted and AI-native software development
• Partner with engineering leadership to embed AI into everyday engineering practices
• Work directly with developers, architects, and technical leaders as a player-coach
• Implement and optimize tools such as GitHub Copilot Enterprise, Claude Code, and emerging AI engineering platforms
• Build reference implementations, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts that showcase best practices
• Identify opportunities to automate engineering activities across the software lifecycle
• Foster an AI-first mindset within engineering teams
• Coach engineers on the transition from AI-assisted development to AI-native engineering
• Create training programs, playbooks, frameworks, and enablement materials
• Act as a trusted advisor to engineering leaders and teams throughout the transformation journey
• Define engineering guardrails for responsible AI adoption
• Develop best practices around code quality and validation, security and IP protection, compliance, auditability, and traceability
• Collaborate with architecture and platform teams to integrate AI capabilities into core engineering ecosystems
• Define and monitor key transformation KPIs, including AI tool adoption rates, developer productivity improvements, development cycle time reduction, and software quality metrics
• Use measurable outcomes to continuously improve tooling, processes, and ways of working

Technologies:

• AI
• CI/CD
• Claude Code
• Cloud
• Copilot
• CTO
• Cursor
• DevOps
• GitHub
• OSS
• Security

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We are Hansen (ASX: HSN), a global provider of software and services to the communications, media, energy, and utilities industries, supporting more than 600 customers across 80+ countries. Our platforms power critical business processes from customer engagement and revenue management to product innovation and service delivery. We are investing in the transformation from traditional software engineering to AI-first engineering, and this role sits at the centre of that journey. This is a full-time opportunity to help define what AI-first software engineering looks like inside our global technology organisation and to build the transformation alongside our Office of the CTO, engineering leaders, architects, and development teams.

last updated 36 week of 2026