- Location
- Remote, UK
- Workplace
- Remote
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Senior
- Source
- Pinpoint
Description
Senior Applied AI Engineer
Department: Services
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Remote, UK
Description
We are looking for a talented Senior Applied AI Engineer where you will own the outcomes of an engagement or workstream: defining success, measuring business impact, and managing delivery and technical risk.
You will design AI and GenAI systems end-to-end, guide other engineers, and act as a trusted technical contact for clients.
The role is remote based in UK with the occasional travel to company events.
Key Responsibilities
- Delivery & impact: Own workstream and engagement outcomes; define success, measure business impact, and balance technical debt, speed and scalability.
- AI & engineering craft: Design AI systems end-to-end across the lifecycle; make and justify key trade-offs; evaluate model performance beyond simple accuracy.
- Collaboration: Explain AI concepts, trade-offs and limitations to technical and non-technical clients; lead code reviews; resolve technical disagreements constructively.
- Growth & capability: Mentor engineers; contribute reusable components, accelerators and best practice; continuously improve how the team delivers.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Proven track record delivering AI models, systems and products to production in a consultancy or AI-driven product organisation.
- Strong programming (Python and the wider tech stack), system design and testing methodologies.
- Experience integrating models / LLMs and deploying on cloud platforms (AWS and/or Databricks), with solid CI/CD practice.
- Able to own delivery, manage stakeholders, and guide other engineers with confidence.
- Depth in a speciality: GenAI/ML (RAG, agentic workflows), Data Science, Data Engineering, Product/Full-Stack, or Platform/MLOps.
- AWS and/or Databricks certifications; experience of responsible-AI and production monitoring.
Benefits
- Remote-first working with flexibility around client needs.
- Private Medical Insurance.
- Opportunity to work on meaningful AI projects across multiple industries.
- A collaborative culture focused on learning, excellence and continuous improvement.
- Competitive salary with clear progression pathways.