Job Description
Version 1 is seeking a Senior AI Product & Research Engineer (Consultant) to design, prototype and scale enterprise‑grade AI products. The role combines deep technical AI expertise with strong product intuition and hands‑on experience leveraging modern AI development tools and coding agents. The engineer will work closely with leadership, engineering and research teams to translate ambitious AI concepts into deployable, secure and scalable production systems.
What You Will Do
- Translate business and research objectives into scalable AI product architectures.
- Rapidly prototype AI‑driven applications using modern AI coding agents and developer copilots.
- Design and implement enterprise‑grade AI systems across model development, evaluation and deployment.
- Lead applied research efforts across LLMs, agentic systems, retrieval architectures and applied ML.
- Establish evaluation frameworks to measure model quality, safety, robustness and business impact.
- Architect production‑ready AI applications with strong observability, monitoring and iteration loops.
- Advise on AI tooling, vendor selection, infrastructure alignment and technical roadmap decisions.
- Mentor internal engineers on modern AI development workflows and best practices.
Qualifications
- 8‑12+ years of experience across AI/ML engineering, applied research or AI product development.
- Demonstrated experience building and shipping enterprise‑grade AI products.
- Deep familiarity with modern AI stacks (LLMs, RAG systems, fine‑tuning, embeddings, orchestration frameworks).
- Hands‑on experience using AI coding agents and AI‑assisted development tools in production workflows.
- Strong product instincts: ability to balance technical feasibility, business value and user experience.
- Proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks.
Nice to Have
- Experience deploying AI systems in regulated or security‑sensitive environments.
- Familiarity with distributed systems and cloud‑native architectures.
- Background working at leading AI labs, big tech or high‑performance startups.
- Experience designing internal AI platforms used by multiple teams.
Benefits
- Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of the company’s profits.
- Strong career progression and mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
- Flexible / remote working; Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offers flexibility to help achieve a healthy work‑life balance.
- Financial wellbeing initiatives including pension, private healthcare cover, life assurance, financial advice and an employee discount scheme.
- Employee wellbeing schemes including gym discounts, bike to work, fitness classes, mindfulness workshops, employee assistance programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
- Educational assistance, incentivised certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle and Red Hat.
- Reward schemes including Version 1's Annual Excellence Awards and Call‑Out platform.
- Environment, social and community‑first initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.
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