AI/Data Engineer

Senior AI Engineer | Data, Analytics & AI | London, Guildford - Hybrid | 100k

We’re partnering with an established UK business that is expanding its Data, Analytics & AI function and looking for a Senior AI Engineer to lead the development of production-grade AI solutions.

This is a senior, hands-on position for someone who can work across the complete AI lifecycle, from data preparation and experimentation through to deployment, evaluation, monitoring and continuous improvement.

You’ll take technical ownership of AI engineering projects, help shape architecture and development standards, and mentor junior engineers while remaining closely involved in delivery.

What you’ll be working on:

• Building and deploying production-ready AI and machine learning solutions
• Developing LLM-powered applications using RAG, vector search, retrievers and prompt orchestration
• Designing data pipelines using Databricks, Python, PySpark and SQL
• Evaluating and benchmarking AI models for quality, reliability and business impact
• Applying AutoML to accelerate traditional machine learning use cases
• Establishing robust MLOps, experiment tracking and deployment practices
• Implementing monitoring, guardrails and quality controls for production AI systems
• Influencing AI architecture, tooling and engineering standards

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years’ experience across AI, machine learning or data engineering
• Strong commercial experience with Python and Databricks
• Solid SQL, ETL/ELT and data pipeline experience
• Experience building and deploying LLM applications
• Knowledge of traditional machine learning and AutoML
• Experience taking AI or ML solutions into production
• Strong software engineering practices, including testing, version control and CI/CD
• Cloud experience, ideally within Azure
• Previous experience mentoring or guiding engineers

Experience with Azure AI Foundry, MLflow, MCP, LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, agentic AI, Azure OpenAI or AI Search would be highly beneficial.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who understands how to move AI beyond experimentation and deliver reliable solutions that solve genuine business problems.