Senior AI engineer - UK

Senior AI Engineer

Location: UK Remote (UK-based candidates only)

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

Employment Type: Full-Time

Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Overview

A growing organisation is looking for a Senior AI Engineer to help design, build, and scale production-grade AI systems and data platforms used across enterprise environments.

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative engineering function focused on building robust AI pipelines, transformation APIs, and scalable backend services that support advanced analytics and machine learning products.

The Role

As a Senior AI Engineer, you will work closely with Data Scientists and cross-functional technical teams to productionise machine learning models and develop high-performance AI services.

You'll contribute across the full engineering lifecycle-from system design and integration through to deployment, monitoring, and optimisation within cloud-native environments.

Key Responsibilities

Design and maintain scalable AI pipelines and processing workflows

Develop and optimise RESTful APIs and microservices for AI services

Build cloud-native backend systems aligned with best engineering practices

Collaborate with Data Scientists to productionise ML models

Improve system performance, observability, reliability, and security

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure automation

Support integration and interoperability across enterprise platforms

Translate technical requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions

Required Skills & Experience

Strong experience in backend, data, or ML engineering

Advanced Python skills and experience with FastAPI, Flask, or Django

Experience building scalable APIs and microservices

Strong SQL and relational database knowledge (PostgreSQL preferred)

Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud environments

Understanding of distributed systems and scalable architectures

Exposure to machine learning, NLP, or AI-driven systems

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, testing, and containerisation

Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Technology Stack

Python, SQL, FastAPI, PyTorch, Transformers/LLMs, Terraform, Databricks, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Git, CI/CD, Knowledge Graphs

What's on Offer

Fully remote working within the UK

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI and machine learning systems

Collaborative engineering environment

Exposure to modern cloud and AI technologies

Strong career growth opportunities within a growing AI function