Lead Enterprise AI Engineer

Eligibility: UK-domiciled applicants only – must have the right to work in the UK

We are recruiting on behalf of a highly established UK energy infrastructure organisation investing heavily in data, analytics and artificial intelligence to support long-term national operations.

This role sits within a central Data, Analytics & AI function and focuses on delivering production-ready AI solutions that are actively used across finance, operations and commercial teams.

The Role

As Lead Enterprise AI Engineer , you will be responsible for taking AI use cases from concept through to live deployment , with a strong focus on intelligent agents, conversational AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) .

You will work primarily with Microsoft Copilot technologies and Databricks , translating complex data and business problems into scalable, governed AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build and deploy AI agents and copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform
• Develop custom RAG solutions in Databricks enabling LLMs to reason over enterprise data
• Integrate AI solutions with Dynamics 365, SharePoint and operational systems
• Own and manage Databricks Genie semantic layers
• Define and govern metrics, dimensions and logic within Unity Catalog
• Partner with finance, operations and commercial stakeholders to deliver AI use cases
• Implement AI monitoring across cost, performance, latency and output quality
• Ensure strong data governance, security and responsible AI practices
• Act as a technical AI advocate across the organisation
• Mentor junior analysts and engineers

Required Experience:

• Strong hands-on experience within the Microsoft / Azure ecosystem (Copilot Studio, Fabric, Power Platform)
• Commercial experience using Databricks (SQL, Unity Catalog, Mosaic AI, Genie)
• Practical experience with LLMs, prompt engineering and RAG architectures
• Advanced Python and SQL
• Experience integrating systems via REST APIs
• Strong understanding of semantic modelling and analytics data design
• Ability to communicate complex AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary up to £65,000
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 30 with service)
• Competitive pension scheme
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Long-term incentive and participation schemes
• Comprehensive wellbeing and development benefits

Important Information

This role is open to UK-domiciled candidates only. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

Visa sponsorship is not available.