Description SeniorAIEngineerManchester Agrowingtechnology-ledbusinessisseekinga SeniorAIEngineer toplayapivotalroleinshapinganddeliveringitsAIstrategy.Thisisasenior-level,hands-onpositionresponsiblefordesigning,building,anddeployingenterprise-gradeAIsolutionsthatdrivemeasurablebusinessvalueacrosstheorganisation.WorkingcloselywithIT,Data,Engineering,andseniorbusinessstakeholders,youwillleadthedevelopmentandimplementationofadvancedAIsolutions,leveragingLargeLanguageModels(LLMs),Retrieval-AugmentedGeneration(RAG),AIAgents,MachineLearning,andAzureAIservices.Youwillprovidetechnicalleadership,establishbestpractices,andhelpbuildtheorganisationslong-termAIcapability.ThebusinessisinvestingheavilyinAIandislookingforsomeonewhocancombinedeeptechnicalexpertisewithstrategicthinking,takingsolutionsfromconceptthroughtoproductiondeploymentandadoption.TheidealcandidatewillhaveastrongfoundationinAIEngineeringcombinedwitharobustDataSciencebackground,enablingthemtodevelop,evaluate,andoptimiseAIsolutionsthatdelivermeasurablebusinessoutcomes.ThisrolewouldsuitanexperiencedAIprofessionalwhoenjoyssolvingcomplexbusinesschallenges,mentoringothers,influencingtechnicaldirection,anddeliveringinnovativeAIsolutionsatscale.RolePurpose AsaSeniorAIEngineer,youwillleadthedesign,development,deployment,andoptimisationofenterpriseAIsolutions,ensuringtheyaresecure,scalable,maintainable,andalignedtobusinessobjectives.YouwillactasasubjectmatterexpertforAItechnologies,helpingtodefinearchitecture,establishstandards,andguidetheorganisationsAIroadmapwhileremaininghands-onwithimplementation.KeyResponsibilities Design,develop … MLframeworksandSDKs.Provenexperiencedesigninganddeployingproduction-gradeRAGsolutionsandLLM-poweredapplications.StrongexperiencebuildinganddeployingAIagents,orchestrationframeworks,andautomatedworkflows.ExperiencewithAzureAIServices,AzureOpenAI,AzureMachineLearning,orequivalententerpriseAIplatforms.Strongunderstandingofenterprisecloudarchitecture,includingVNets,EntraID,APIGateways,networking,andsecureintegrations.ExperiencedeployingandmanagingAIworkloadswithinproductionenvironments.StrongSQLanddataengineeringskills,workingwithbothstructuredandunstructureddatasets.AbilitytotranslatecomplexdatasetsintoactionableinsightsandAI-drivenbusinesssolutions.ExperienceimplementingAIgovernance,security,monitoring,andoperationalbestpractices.Excellentcommunication,leadership,stakeholdermanagement,andproblem-solvingskills.HighlyDesirableStrongDataSciencebackground,withexperienceinstatisticalmodelling,predictiveanalytics,featureengineering,experimentation,andmodelevaluation.ExperienceapplyingDataSciencemethodologiestosolvecomplexbusinessproblemsandidentifyopportunitiesforAIadoption.ExperiencewithGenAIOps,LLMOps,MLOps,andAIobservabilityplatforms.ExposuretoComputerVision,OCR,VoiceAI,ConversationalAI,ormultimodalAIsolutions.Experienceworkingwithinoperational,retail,automotive,logistics,orcustomer-centricorganisations.KnowledgeofResponsibleAI,AIgovernanceframeworks,andregulatoryconsiderations.PreviousexperienceleadingAIinitiatives,mentoringengineers,orhelpingdefineAIstrategyandroadmap.ExperiencebuildingorcontributingtoanAICentreofExcellenceorinternalAIcapabilityfunction.WhatWe'reLookingFor We'relookingforsomeonewhocombinesdeeptechnicalexpertisewithcommercialawarenessandapragmaticapproachtoAIdelivery.You'llbecomfortableoperatingatbothstrategicandhands-onlevels,engagingwithseniorstakeholderswhilealsodesigning,developing ...