We are currently looking to onboard multiple AI / Machine Learning Engineers on a contract basis for a major bank. The AI /Machine Learning Engineers will be supporting the Onboarding/KYC value stream in Technology as part of a major transformation initiaitve to drive innovative technologies, improve customer experience and infrastructure resilience within the bank. This is expected to be an initial 6 month contract (inside IR35) with excellent potential for longevity as the role is part of a flagship 2-3 year transformation. The banks offices are based in Sheffield with an expectation for minimum 2 days per week in office. AI / Machine Learning Engineer Key Responsibilities: Building production-ready models to drive content extraction and classification from images and text-based sources. Working closely with business teams to understand requirements and iteratively design and develop solutions. Collaborative with product managers, technical teams. Create, test and iterate new and existing products and features. Designing and building Python/ML/OCR-based components. Not only supporting the development of the product, but also the full lifecycle including the deployment, testing and production support of the application. Key Experience: MUST HAVE Strong experience in Document AI/Intelligent document processing using traditional models and Generative AI - particularly in using open source models for achieving business outcomes. Minimum 2-3 years practical (not theoretical) experience in Machine Learning Experience delivering to production in python, with a focus on machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, generative AI, image processing and OCR all additional positives. Experience with some of the following frameworks - TensorFlow, Pytorch, Hugging face, Spacy, OpenCV, Regex or equivalents. Experience delivering safe code to production, focusing on cybersecurity and resilience of the application and APIs. ADZN1_UKTJ