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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Engineer - **Company:** developrec - **Location:** Greater London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £70,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Relational Databases, Information Extraction, Standard Sql, Data Ingestion, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Backend, Data Pipelines - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2847390639-ai-engineer ## About the Role Alongside their consultancy offering, the business has built its own data platform, combining structured company data with AI-assisted analysis. They're now looking for a Senior Data & AI Engineer to join their growing engineering team and play a key role across both platform development and live client delivery. This is a hands-on opportunity for an engineer with around 4-5 years' experience who wants to combine AI engineering and client-facing technical delivery, while having genuine influence over the technical direction of a growing product., * Around 4-5 years' professional experience in software or data engineering * Production experience working with Large Language Models, including prompt design and evaluation * Experience making probabilistic AI outputs reliable enough for production environments * Strong SQL and relational data modelling experience * Experience building and maintaining data pipelines that other teams rely on * Cloud experience, ideally Microsoft Azure or GCP * Proven ability to own work end-to-end, from design through deployment and monitoring * Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders * Comfortable working in an environment where requirements and scope aren't always fully defined * Financial services, investment management, ESG, or sustainability experience * Experience with document processing and information extraction at scale * Experience introducing AI evaluation, testing, or quality assurance practices into a production product * Previous experience mentoring or supporting junior engineers ## Description As a Senior AI Engineer, you'll sit at the intersection of engineering and client delivery. Around half of your time will focus on building and strengthening the pipelines, data models and platform infrastructure behind the product. The other half will involve applying those capabilities to live client engagements, working alongside consultants to understand requirements and develop robust, reproducible solutions. This is a hands-on role with no initial direct reports, but you'll have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers and help establish engineering standards as the team grows. What You'll Be Doing * Build and maintain AI-assisted assessment pipelines that extract and evaluate evidence from company disclosures * Design and maintain robust quality assurance and citation processes around AI-generated outputs * Own data models and ingestion pipelines for portfolio and issuer data * Develop evaluation frameworks and benchmark pipeline performance * Improve the reliability and consistency of probabilistic AI outputs so they are suitable for production use * Work with large datasets and build pipelines that other teams and clients depend on * Contribute to backend services and APIs supporting the wider platform * Support deployment, monitoring, and observability across engineering workflows * Own technical work end-to-end, from initial design through to production * Help establish engineering standards, testing practices and development processes as the team scales Client Delivery & Technical Leadership * Work closely with consultants to translate methodologies into reproducible and auditable technical solutions * Support the delivery of established methodologies across new client engagementsOccasionally work directly with clients to understand requirements and explain technical approaches * Take responsibility for the quality and accuracy of outputs before they reach clients * Mentor junior engineers and contribute to raising engineering standards across the team ## Related Videos - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [Inside the AI Revolution: How Microsoft is Empowering the World to Achieve More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/869-inside-the-ai-revolution-how-microsoft-is-empowering-the-world-to-achieve-more) - [Why and when should we consider Stream Processing frameworks in our solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1085-why-and-when-should-we-consider-stream-processing-frameworks-in-our-solutions) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers)