Senior AI Engineer

Senior AI Engineer

📍 Farnborough (3 days onsite)

📄 Contract – Initial 3 Months

💰 Competitive Day Rate – Outside IR35

🔐 Security Clearance required prior to appointment

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior AI Engineer to join a cutting-edge programme delivering advanced AI and data-driven solutions within a complex enterprise environment.

This is a hands-on engineering role suited to someone who has operated at senior level within large organisations and is comfortable leading by example in high-performing technical teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and optimise AI-powered solutions within enterprise-scale environments
• Develop and deploy scalable AI services using containerised architectures and Kubernetes
• Work with graph databases and retrieval systems to support advanced AI use cases
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for rapid deployment and continuous improvement
• Optimise runtime performance, scalability and reliability of AI platforms
• Collaborate closely with engineering and data teams to deliver production-grade AI capabilities

Required Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ software engineering experience within large-scale enterprise environments
• Strong hands-on AI engineering expertise

Commercial experience with:

• Python
• PostgreSQL
• JSON
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipelines
• Containerisation technologies
• Graph databases
• Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Exposure to Microsoft Graph Retrieval or similar retrieval frameworks
• Strong understanding of deployment, optimisation and performance tuning

Highly Desirable

• Experience solving optimisation problems using mathematical solvers
• Exposure to distributed AI systems and enterprise-scale GenAI platforms
• Prior experience working in security-conscious or regulated environments

Additional Information

• Hybrid working – 3 days per week onsite in Farnborough
• Fast-moving interview process (2 stages)
• Immediate hiring requirement with onboarding targeted by mid-June
• Successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment

If this opportunity is of interest, please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV or email me directly via Jake@talentlocker.co.uk