Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Unilink
Newcastle upon Tyne
1 day ago
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AI Engineer


Reporting to: Transformation Director

Location: Remote

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent


Role Summary

We are seeking a creative and skilled AI Engineer to help drive Unlinks mission of transforming justice services through advanced AI and machine learning. You will work on meaningful, high-impact projects—like predictive analytics for offender risk, behavioural monitoring, secure communications enhancement, and operational optimization—ensuring that AI is applied ethically, transparently, and effectively.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deploy AI and machine learning models tailored to justice technology and secure environments.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and domain experts to understand operational challenges and translate them into AI-driven solutions.
  • Work on applications such as:

-NLP for secure communications monitoring.

-Predictive analytics for offender risk and rehabilitation progress.

-Behavioural analytics (e.g., detecting self-harm risk via AIM).

-Intelligent workflow automation for case management systems.

  • Develop and optimize robust data pipelines, ensuring privacy and compliance with strict security standards.
  • Continuously improve model accuracy, fairness, interpretability, and scalability.
  • Stay up to date with research and recommend innovations that align with Unlinks vision and the sensitive nature of justice services.



Person Specification

Must-Have:

  • Degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong Python skills, with experience in ML libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn.
  • Solid understanding of ML principles, algorithms, and their deployment in production.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
  • Ability to work in highly regulated, security-conscious environments.

Nice-to-Have:

  • Experience in domains such as NLP, behaviour analytics, MLOps, or secure communications.
  • Knowledge of ethics, bias mitigation, and fairness in AI.
  • Familiarity with justice technology, corrections, or secure IT systems.
  • Contributions to AI research or open-source projects.

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