Senior AI Engineer - Consulting
Office location to choose from: Glasgow, London or Manchester
Hybrid Working - 1-2 days per week in the office
£70,000 + Benefits, Training & Bonus Package
Full Time | Permanent
Deerfoot Recruitment is supporting a leading global consultancy in the search for an AI Engineering Consultant / Senior Consultant to join its growing Data & AI practice. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced AI professional to help organisations design, build and scale enterprise-grade AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions.
The successful candidate will play a key role in bridging the gap between AI experimentation and real-world business adoption, delivering robust, scalable and responsible AI solutions across a range of high-profile client engagements.
Key responsibilities will include:
* Designing and implementing end-to-end AI/ML solutions from development through to deployment and monitoring
* Building scalable Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions, including RAG pipelines and orchestration frameworks
* Implementing MLOps frameworks, governance and best practices
* Translating business requirements into cloud-native AI and data architectures across Azure, AWS and GCP
* Collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver measurable business value
* Supporting innovation initiatives, reusable assets, thought leadership and client proposals
Candidates should have strong experience in AI Engineering, MLOps and cloud-native AI platforms, alongside hands-on knowledge of technologies such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, MLflow, Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD tooling.
Applicants will ideally demonstrate:
* Experience working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry
* A strong consulting mindset with experience engaging senior stakeholders
* Proven experience designing and delivering AI/ML solutions at scale
* Strong understanding of Generative AI, Agentic AI and modern AI engineering frameworks
* Experience with at least one major cloud platform including Azure, AWS or GCP
You need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years to be able to apply for this role.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking consultancy delivering innovative AI solutions for major enterprise clients, while benefiting from strong career progression, flexible hybrid working and an excellent package.
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