UK remote
AI Engineer
About this role
We are seeking a hands-on AI/ML Engineer to build, deploy, and optimize machine learning and Generative AI solutions. The role focuses on developing production-grade AI applications, integrating AI models into business systems, and supporting the full AI development lifecycle. The ideal candidate is passionate about modern AI technologies, software engineering best practices, and delivering reliable AI solutions at scale.
Key Responsibilities AI Application Development Design, build, and maintain AI-powered applications and services. Develop and deploy Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions. Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and AI agents. Integrate foundation models and APIs into enterprise applications. Create reusable AI components and frameworks. Machine Learning Engineering Train, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy ML models.
Develop feature engineering and model evaluation pipelines. Implement model monitoring and performance tracking. Optimize model inference performance and cost efficiency. Generative AI Engineering Develop LLM-based applications and workflows. Build prompt templates, agent frameworks, and orchestration pipelines. Implement vector search and knowledge retrieval systems. Design evaluation frameworks for AI quality, safety, and reliability.
Improve hallucination mitigation and response accuracy. MLOps & Deployment Design and automate ML model training, validation, and retraining pipelines. Version and manage datasets, features, and model artefacts using tools such as MLflow or similar. Deploy and serve ML models via REST APIs or batch inference at scale on Databricks, Snowflake or similar. Monitor model performance in production, detecting drift and degradation.
Manage feature stores and ensure data pipeline reliability for ML workloads. Implement experiment tracking and reproducibility across the model lifecycle. Collaboration Work closely with Solution Architects, Product Managers, and Engineering Teams. Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions. Support testing, deployment, and ongoing optimisation activities. Programming & Engineering Strong proficiency in: Python SQL AI & Machine Learning Experience with: Scikit-learn PyTorch and/or TensorFlow Hugging Face Main AI services from leading cloud service and model providers Supervised and unsupervised learning Model evaluation Feature engineering Statistical concepts Generative AI Practical experience building: RAG systems AI agents LLM-powered applications Vector search solutions Familiarity with: LangChain LlamaIndex Semantic Kernel LangGraph Cloud & Infrastructure Experience with AWS.