AI Engineer

We seek an exceptional Senior AI Engineer to lead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of strategic AI initiatives. You will play a critical role in architecting scalable, robust, and secure AI and LLM-powered solutions, significantly impacting business operations and strategic decision-making.

In this role, you will guide cross-functional teams, mentor junior and mid-level colleagues, and drive key technical decisions involving complex data engineering, advanced ML models, and next-generation LLM methodologies.

Bring your deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and passion for AI innovation to our expanding team!, * Define comprehensive, scalable AI architectures, leading complex integration of data processing, traditional machine learning, and emerging LLM methodologies.

• Direct development, deployment, monitoring, and continuous optimization of ML pipelines and LLM models in production contexts.

• Actively align technical innovation with organizational business strategies and OKRs, collaborating closely with stakeholders across multiple functions.

• Provide mentorship, guidance, and ongoing leadership to AI team members, driving quality and excellence, including documentation and knowledge-sharing.

• Lead troubleshooting and complex problem-solving efforts, ensuring robust and reliable ML systems and LLM deployments.

• Typically 5-8+ years of professional AI experience, demonstrating a successful track record of leading and deploying enterprise-scale AI systems.

• Expert-level proficiency in Python, SQL, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), and container orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Extensive practical experience with production ML frameworks, advanced LLM models, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, performance optimization, and orchestration tools (Apache Airflow).

• Exceptional communication, leadership, and strategic influencing skills, with expertise communicating complex technical concepts clearly across all stakeholder levels.

• Proven problem-solving excellence and ability to continuously adapt, learn, and integrate evolving AI techniques.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Proven ability in infrastructure as code (Terraform) for scalable AI solutions, sophisticated system design, and data governance practices.

• Demonstrable experience in secure and robust AI deployments.

• Deep interest and experience in generative AI, LLM innovation, and continuous professional knowledge-building.

• Extra wellbeing days on top of your annual leave allowance
• Up to 3 paid volunteering days each year
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme - wellbeing, mental health, legal & financial support
• Learning & development support via the Frontiers Learning Hub
• A locally relevant benefits package aligned to your country - e.g. healthcare and pension/retirement provision, where applicable
• Collaboration-led, office-first culture - we prioritise in-person teamwork, with role-appropriate adjustments when needed, in line with company policy
• International teams - a diverse, global culture and a strong peer-learning environment

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