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# Senior AI Data Engineer

- **Company:** Ai-ready
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Encodings, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, Data Integrity, Graph Database, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Neo4j, Cloud Services, DataOps, Semantic Web, Large Language Models, Backend, Data Lineage, Domain Driven Design, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/senior-ai-data-engineer/46620329

## About the Role

Build reliable, observable data pipelines that feed the semantic layer from upstream broker and regulatory data sources. Apply DataOps practices including testing, monitoring, lineage tracking, and SLAs. Work with Data Engineers and Backend Engineers to embed semantic models into APIs and data contracts. Ensure the semantic layer scales with data volume and platform growth. Partner closely with the Ontologist to ensure implemented models faithfully reflect domain intent. Support consuming application teams in understanding and adopting AI-ready data products. Contribute to resolving cross-domain data integration challenges. Skills and Qualifications Strong hands-on experience in data engineering, with a focus on semantic or AI data infrastructure. Experience building and operating knowledge graphs or graph databases (e.g., Jena Fuseki, Neo4j, Amazon Neptune or equivalent). Experience with vector databases and embedding pipelines (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, pgvector). Practical
experience implementing RAG architectures or LLM-integrated data pipelines. Familiarity with semantic web standards - JSON-LD, RDF, OWL, or SKOS. Strong Python skills and experience with data pipeline frameworks. Experience with cloud-native data platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Exposure to domain-driven design (DDD) and bounded contexts is desirable. Experience working directly with ontologists or knowledge engineers is a plus. Familiarity with data contracts and data product frameworks is a plus. Experience with DataOps tooling, data reliability, or data observability platforms is desirable. Background in financial services, RegTech, or compliance data is a plus. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United Kingdom. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Comply is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Nothing in this job posting should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment. #J-18808-Ljbffr



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