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# AI Engineer

- **Company:** AJ Walter Aviation
- **Location:** Horsham, UK
- **Salary:** £52,380.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Delivery Pipeline, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Kubernetes, Virtual Agents, Terraform
- **Published:** September 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5880670256

## About the Role

* Proven experience building and deploying production-grade AI and LLM-powered applications, ideally using Python.
 * Hands-on experience with leading LLM platforms such as AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar technologies.
 * Strong understanding of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agent design, and modern generative AI architectures.
 * Experience working with cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and CI/CD practices to deliver scalable AI solutions.
 * Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment with minimal supervision.
 * Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

 * Pragmatic and delivery-focused mindset, balancing innovation with the need to ship impactful, working solutions.

Nice to Have

 * Previous experience in a small, cross-functional product or engineering team.
 * Experience working within a fast-growing AI, innovation, or emerging technology function.

 * Knowledge of knowledge graphs, graph databases, or graph-based memory systems.
 * Familiarity with workflow automation, orchestration platforms, and AI tooling ecosystems.
 * Understanding of AI governance, risk management, and responsible AI frameworks.
 * Naturally curious about emerging AI technologies and industry developments.
 * Passion for mentoring, coaching, or supporting colleagues in developing their AI skills and adoption capabilities.
 * Experience working with AWS and Terraform

## Description

* Writing, testing and deploying AI/ML code (Python) integrated with existing systems.
 * Designing and refining agent behaviours, prompts and retrieval approaches.
 * Reviewing AI feature performance and monitoring data, adjusting as needed.
 * Collaborating with the Data Engineer, Business Analyst and Team Lead on priorities and technical approach.
 * Supporting AI Champions and other colleagues using self-service AI tools.
 * Contributing to documentation supporting responsible AI and governance practices.


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