Senior Live Facial Recognition (LFR) Engineer (Hiring Immediately)

Senior Live Facial Recognition (LFR) Engineer

Salary: The starting salary is £55,662, which includes allowances totalling £3,009.

The salary is broken down as £52,653 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £57,417. Plus, a location allowance of £2,009 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location: Sydenham

The Role

As a supervisor of the Live Facial Recognition (LFR) Engineering Team, you’ll play a crucial part in protecting London. You’ll be part of our talented, tight-knit team, helping to deploy LFR solutions for frontline policing operations. As we expand our capability, we now have a vacancy for this exciting role. No prior experience of LFR systems is required as full training will be given, however a basic understanding of the capability would be helpful.

We are seeking a Senior LFR Engineering to lead a small specialist team responsible for the development, testing, deployment and maintenance of LFR technology and associated equipment. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, combining operational support, engineering expertise and people management. You will oversee the delivery of specialist technology used in frontline policing operations and support the ongoing development of our LFR capability across London. This is very much a deployment role and full UK driving licence is essential with a willingness to obtain C1/D1. A key aspect of the role is the management and future development of our fleet of specially adapted operational vehicles. Experience in vehicle technologies, including DC/AC power systems, battery management.

Flexibility to work outside standard business hours when required. This is a deployment role and there will be an expectation on you to typically work two evenings each week and occasionally weekends. You will be compensated accordingly.

Essential Experience

• Experience developing, implementing, or supporting facial recognition, computer vision, or video analytics solutions.
• Experience working with real-time video processing systems and image analysis technologies.
• Experience with CCTV, IP camera networks, video management systems (VMS), or surveillance technologies.

We offer in return

Joining the Met means building a career with purpose, stability and real development, supported by a strong benefits package designed for long-term growth and wellbeing.

• Excellent pension scheme (MPS contribution up to 29%)
• 28 Days Annual Leave

How to apply

To begin your career at the Met, please click the “apply button “. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you provided a short overview of your leadership experience and technical skillet evidence (no more than 1 side of A4 format page). Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and/or Personal Statement.

Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 20 October 2026.

Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager.

Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview.