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AI Engineer

London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Belfast, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid · Full-time

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EmployerVersion 1
LocationLondon, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Belfast, England, United Kingdom
Work styleHybrid
Employment typeFull-time
Employer posted3 days ago

We are seeking a hands-on AI/ML Engineer to build, deploy, and optimize machine learning and Generative AI solutions. The role focuses on developing production-grade AI applications, integrating AI models into business systems, and supporting the full AI development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate is passionate about modern AI technologies, software engineering best practices, and delivering reliable AI solutions at scale.

Key Responsibilities

AI Application Development

Design, build, and maintain AI-powered applications and services.
Develop and deploy Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions.
Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and AI agents.
Integrate foundation models and APIs into enterprise applications.
Create reusable AI components and frameworks.

Machine Learning Engineering

Train, fine-tune, evaluate, and deploy ML models.
Develop feature engineering and model evaluation pipelines.
Implement model monitoring and performance tracking.
Optimize model inference performance and cost efficiency.

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Generative AI Engineering

Develop LLM-based applications and workflows.
Build prompt templates, agent frameworks, and orchestration pipelines.
Implement vector search and knowledge retrieval systems.
Design evaluation frameworks for AI quality, safety, and reliability.
Improve hallucination mitigation and response accuracy.

MLOps & Deployment

Design and automate ML model training, validation, and retraining pipelines.
Version and manage datasets, features, and model artefacts using tools such as MLflow or similar.
Deploy and serve ML models via REST APIs or batch inference at scale on Databricks, Snowflake or similar.
Monitor model performance in production, detecting drift and degradation.
Manage feature stores and ensure data pipeline reliability for ML workloads.
Implement experiment tracking and reproducibility across the model lifecycle.

Collaboration

Work closely with Solution Architects, Product Managers, and Engineering Teams.
Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions.
Support testing, deployment, and ongoing optimisation activities.

Programming & Engineering

Strong proficiency in:

Python
SQL

AI & Machine Learning

Experience with:

Scikit-learn
PyTorch and/or TensorFlow
Hugging Face
Main AI services from leading cloud service and model providers
Supervised and unsupervised learning
Model evaluation
Feature engineering
Statistical concepts

Generative AI

Practical experience building:

RAG systems
AI agents
LLM-powered applications
Vector search solutions

Familiarity with:

LangChain
LlamaIndex
Semantic Kernel
LangGraph

Cloud & Infrastructure

Experience with AWS.
Docker and containerization.
Kubernetes (preferred).
CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Professional Experience

3+ years in ML engineering or data science, with demonstrable experience deploying models to production and building Gen AI applications including RAG systems, LLM integration, or agentic workflows
Demonstrated experience delivering AI solutions into production environments.

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
Strong Career Progression & 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 offer 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 & ‘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.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

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.

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 varun.gill@version1.com at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.

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