Senior/Lead AI Engineer

Senior/Lead AI Engineer Location: London Working: Hybrid (client-dependent) Salary: £85–120k + benefits **Hiring for multiple levels** The Role Joining a leading global technology consultancy within a growing Data & AI practice, working on cutting-edge AI engineering initiatives across a range of industries. You'll design, develop and deploy production-grade Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions, combining strong Data Science / Machine Learning foundations with modern software engineering practices. This is a hands-on technical role with opportunities to influence solution architecture, develop scalable AI applications and work closely with clients on complex AI transformation projects.

Key

Strong background in Data Science, Machine Learning or AI Engineering, with proven experience deploying models or AI applications into production Excellent Python engineering skills, including experience developing APIs, microservices and production-ready applications Hands-on experience building and deploying Generative AI / LLM-based solutions in production environments Experience with Agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel or similar Strong understanding of RAG architectures, embeddings, vector databases and LLM evaluation techniques Experience working with cloud platforms, ideally Azure, although AWS experience is also considered Familiarity with containerisation, CI/CD and MLOps practices Understanding of AI orchestration, tool integrat