Artificial Intelligence Engineer

AI Engineer

Reporting to: Transformation Director

Location: Remote

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Role Summary

We are seeking a creative and skilled AI Engineer to help drive Unlinks mission of transforming justice services through advanced AI and machine learning. You will work on meaningful, high-impact projects—like predictive analytics for offender risk, behavioural monitoring, secure communications enhancement, and operational optimization—ensuring that AI is applied ethically, transparently, and effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI and machine learning models tailored to justice technology and secure environments.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and domain experts to understand operational challenges and translate them into AI-driven solutions.
• Work on applications such as:

-NLP for secure communications monitoring.

-Predictive analytics for offender risk and rehabilitation progress.

-Behavioural analytics (e.g., detecting self-harm risk via AIM).

-Intelligent workflow automation for case management systems.

• Develop and optimize robust data pipelines, ensuring privacy and compliance with strict security standards.
• Continuously improve model accuracy, fairness, interpretability, and scalability.
• Stay up to date with research and recommend innovations that align with Unlinks vision and the sensitive nature of justice services.

Person Specification

Must-Have:

• Degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or equivalent experience.
• Strong Python skills, with experience in ML libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn.
• Solid understanding of ML principles, algorithms, and their deployment in production.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Ability to work in highly regulated, security-conscious environments.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience in domains such as NLP, behaviour analytics, MLOps, or secure communications.
• Knowledge of ethics, bias mitigation, and fairness in AI.
• Familiarity with justice technology, corrections, or secure IT systems.
• Contributions to AI research or open-source projects.