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# Artificial Intelligence Engineer

- **Company:** Understanding Recruitment
- **Location:** Nottingham, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Continuous Integration, Github, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Standard Sql, Transaction Data, Deep Learning, Generative AI
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.understandingrecruitment.com/job/artificial-intelligence-engineer-9226/

## About the Role

* Strong Python and SQL
 * Experience deploying machine learning into production
 * Solid knowledge of traditional ML techniques
 * Understanding of deep learning and transformers
 * Exposure to Generative AI
 * Statistical knowledge and an interest in causal modelling
 * Experience with GitHub and CI/CD
 * MSc or PhD is beneficial, but not essential

## Description

AI Engineer

We're working with a fast-growing UK AI company developing advanced machine learning technology around large-scale behavioural and transactional data.

They're looking for an AI Engineer who enjoys sitting between research and engineering - taking new ideas across predictive ML, causal modelling and Generative AI and turning them into robust production systems.

Where you'll make an impact

 * Take new ML and AI models from research into production
 * Work across traditional ML, deep learning, transformers and Generative AI
 * Build solutions around large-scale, complex datasets
 * Work closely with researchers, academics, product and engineering teams
 * Contribute to architecture and longer-term technical roadmaps
 * Lead and contribute to R&D sprints
 * Build reliable, high-quality ML software

What we're looking for

 * Strong Python and SQL
 * Experience deploying machine learning into production
 * Solid knowledge of traditional ML techniques
 * Understanding of deep learning and transformers
 * Exposure to Generative AI
 * Statistical knowledge and an interest in causal modelling
 * Experience with GitHub and CI/CD
 * MSc or PhD is beneficial, but not essential

Why join?

 * 30 days holiday + bank holidays
 * Work on genuinely cutting-edge AI R&D
 * Collaborate with leading academic researchers
 * Opportunity to influence technology at a growing AI business
 * Pension + potential equity/options
 * Work with AI applications that have both commercial and wider social impact


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