Help build and scale practical AI solutions that solve real business problems
We're working with an organisation that is investing heavily in AI and automation and is looking for an AI Engineer to join a growing team. This is an opportunity to work on projects that move beyond experimentation, taking AI solutions from proof of concept into production and delivering measurable business impact.
This role would suit someone with a software engineering background who has started building experience with AI technologies and wants to accelerate their development within a supportive engineering environment.

The Role
As an AI Engineer, you'll work across the full solution lifecycle, helping to design, build and deploy AI-powered applications whilst ensuring the underlying integrations, data and processes are robust and scalable.

You'll be involved in

Building AI-enabled solutions such as conversational assistants, workflow automation and intelligent document processing
Developing applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and agent-based approaches
Taking solutions from prototype through to deployment, monitoring and continuous improvement
Building and maintaining APIs, integrations and data pipelines that support AI applications
Working closely with business stakeholders to understand operational challenges and translate them into practical technical solutions
Supporting user testing, rollout and adoption of new AI capabilities
Contributing to engineering standards, testing, documentation and CI/CD practices

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience
Experience in software engineering, application development, APIs, integrations or data pipelines
Strong programming skills in Python or a similar language
Exposure to Large Language Models, prompting, model APIs or AI applications through commercial work, study or personal projects
Experience working with SQL and real-world data
Experience deploying solutions into cloud environments
Strong communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Demonstrable ability to learn new technologies quickly

Desirable Experience
Agentic AI or AI agent frameworks
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Workflow automation platforms
AI evaluation, monitoring or observability
Experience working within regulated environments
Agile delivery experience

About You
This organisation is placing particular emphasis on mindset and potential.

You'll likely be

Curious and passionate about learning new technologies
Pragmatic and focused on delivering value rather than chasing perfection
Interested in understanding business problems as well as technical challenges
Comfortable working with ambiguity and changing priorities
Open to feedback and continuous improvement
Honest about the opportunities and limitations of AI
Someone who enjoys turning ideas into working solutions

If you're excited by the prospect of helping build practical AI solutions whilst developing your own expertise in a rapidly evolving field, we'd love to hear from you.

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