Data Engineer/ Data Scientist -AI/ML (LLM, Agentic AI, Python)

Our client who is a global IT-services & consulting firm is seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer with strong AI/ML, LLM and Python experience to join their technology team in Bournemouth. This is a hands-on role focused on designing and delivering next-generation AI/ML solutions for test automation within the Securities Processing domain.

You will work closely with engineering and QA teams to build intelligent automation capabilities including AI-driven test generation, test prioritisation, defect triage/reporting, coverage analysis and automation framework enablement., * Develop and implement AI/ML, LLM and Generative AI solutions to enhance software testing processes.

• Build RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) systems and advanced automation workflows.
• Design and deploy Agentic AI solutions, including CoPilot/MCP-based workflows.
• Engineer, train and fine-tune models for test automation use cases.
• Create scalable, production-ready AI pipelines using Python & ML libraries.
• Collaborate within an Agile team and contribute to sprint planning, refinement and retrospectives.
• Build dashboards/UI components using React (nice-to-have).
• Deploy solutions using Docker/Kubernetes (good-to-have).

• Strong expertise in AI/ML, LLMs (GPT, Claude) and Generative AI.
• Proven experience with Agentic AI tools, GitHub Copilot, MCPs.
• Advanced Python skills - NLTK, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn.
• Good understanding of AI/ML algorithms (Regression, Classification, Decision Trees, KNN, K-Means).
• Experience developing AI-enhanced test automation solutions.
• Solid grasp of SQL.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, QA processes & automation frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable Skills

• Experience deploying apps using Docker & Kubernetes.
• Front-end experience with React.
• Experience training or fine-tuning ML/LLM models., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• OR equivalent industry experience demonstrating strong Data Science / AI / ML capability., * Algorithms
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Python
• Data Engineer
• Generative AI
• Large Language Model
• Retrieval Augmented Generation
• Agentic AI solutions
• test prioritisation