💻 Role: AI Engineer
🌍 Location: West London (W8) - hybrid 2 days p/w
💰 Salary: £50,000 to £75,000
🛠 Key Skills: Python, GCP/Azure, AI/ML, NLP/LLM/Gen AI
A leading media group is seeking two junior-mid (1yr+) AI Engineers to join their newly formed Innovation Team, focused on delivering cutting-edge AI solutions across editorial, product, tech, and commercial functions.
This is a unique opportunity to drive tangible impact across one of the most recognised newsbrands in the country, working on generative AI applications, AI agent development, and predictive modelling in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment.
The Role
You will:
* Design, prototype, and deploy AI-driven tools to enhance editorial workflows, commercial operations, and digital products
* Implement prompt engineering and AI agent solutions to solve real-world problems (e.g. content summarisation, headline generation)
* Collaborate across departments to integrate AI solutions seamlessly
* Contribute to a test-and-learn culture, building POCs with support from wider tech and product teams
* Play a key role in training stakeholders on how to use new GenAI tools once tested and validated
The Team
* Reporting into a senior innovation lead
* Works in a matrix structure across Editorial, Tech, Product, and Commercial
* Currently includes data/insights analysts, with plans to hire a senior AI Architect later in the year
* Hybrid working model: ideally 2 days per week in the London office
About You...
* Experience in AI/ML, LLMs, and NLP
* Proficiency with Python, AI frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face), and cloud services (preferably GCP or Azure)
* Hands-on experience with prompt engineering and/or AI agents (professional or personal projects welcome)
* Comfortable working across mixed teams and adapting to various environments
* Strong communication skills and a passion for experimentation, innovation, and driving change
Benefits
* 25 days holiday (rising to 30)
* 6% matched pension (rising to 10%)
* Private healthcare
* Nursery discounts
* Electric car discounts
* Shopping and dining out discounts
* Free mental health, legal and financial advice and assistance at any time for you and your family
* Free estate agency
* Season ticket
* Bike scheme
* IKEA and Curry's discounts
* Eye care
* Dental insurance
* Gym discounts and free onsite gym
* Onsite nurse and GP clinic
* Subsidised canteen
This is a rare greenfield opportunity to help shape how generative AI transforms the future of digital publishing.