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# Senior AI Engineer

- **Company:** Ocho People
- **Location:** Belfast, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £50,000.0 - £75,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Microsoft Windows, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Azure Machine Learning, Systems Integration, Prompt Engineering, Web Filtering, AI Platforms, Api Design, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5871008809

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience in Python or C#/.NET, with real experience building AI/ML-powered products (model integration, evaluation, prompt engineering, or RAG)
 * Technical experience - owning architecture, planning, and delivery for a product or project, with a track record of coaching and developing junior engineers
 * Experience with Microsoft Azure AI services (Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Foundry, Cognitive Services) or an equivalent cloud AI platform

Desirable:

 * Familiarity with the Microsoft agent ecosystem - Microsoft Agent Framework, Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Agents SDK, or Semantic Kernel
 * Understanding of responsible AI practice - content filtering, PII handling, bias testing, governance of autonomous agent actions
 * Experience with vector databases or search indices, and broader public cloud platforms (Azure or AWS)

## Description

* Provide technical leadership and own architecture, planning, and delivery for AI-powered products and applied research projects
 * Build and integrate AI/ML solutions - model integration, evaluation, prompt engineering, and RAG pipelines - using Azure AI services (Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Cognitive Services)
 * Design and develop across the full stack, from API design and data pipelines through to front-end integration
 * Coach, mentor, and support the development of junior engineers within the team
 * Drive modern CI/CD practice, including model versioning, experiment tracking, and automated evaluation for ML/AI workloads


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