Lead Applied AI Engineer

Summary: The Lead Applied AI Engineer will lead the design and establishment of frameworks, tools, and processes for the responsible development, deployment, and monitoring of AI products within a central government client. This role requires active SC clearance and a strong background in AI engineering. The position is based in London, Bristol, or Manchester and offers a hybrid working arrangement. The assignment is initially for 6 months.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and establishment of frameworks, tools, and processes for AI product development.
• Ensure responsible deployment and monitoring of AI products.
• Collaborate with teams to develop production-ready systems.
• Utilize cloud environments for deploying and monitoring systems.
• Work with natural language processing, deep learning, and generative AI technologies.
• Develop AI agents and products that rely on AI agents.
• Create tools and interfaces for AI applications.
• Train traditional Machine Learning and Deep Learning models (desirable).
• Utilize containerization technologies such as Docker (desirable).

Key Skills:

• Proficient experience in Python.
• Strong software engineering skills focused on production-ready systems.
• Experience deploying and monitoring systems in cloud environments.
• Knowledge of natural language processing, deep learning, and generative AI.
• Familiarity with tools for working with Large Language Models via API or locally.
• Experience building AI agents or products relying on AI agents.
• Ability to develop tools and interfaces for AI applications.
• Experience training traditional Machine Learning and Deep Learning models (desirable).
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies such as Docker (desirable).

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Summer-Browning Associates are currently supporting our client within the central government, who are seeking a Lead Applied AI Engineer on an initial 6 month assignment.

Location: London, Bristol or Manchester (Hybrid)

About the role:
You will be responsible for leading the design and establishment of frameworks, tools and processes to responsibly develop, deploy and monitor AI products.

The ideal candidate will hold active SC clearance and possess a proven background in Lead AI Engineer, along with the following qualifications:

Skills and Experience:

• Proficient experience in Python
• Strong software engineering skills with a focus on building production-ready systems
• Experience of deploying & monitoring such systems in a cloud environment.
• Experience with natural language processing, deep learning and generative AI.
• Familiarity with tools for working with Large Language Models via API or in a local context (eg HuggingFace transformers).
• Building AI agents, or products that rely on AI agents
• Developing and working with tools and interfaces for AI applications (eg Anthropic's Model Context Protocol)
• Training traditional Machine Learning and Deep Learning models. (Desirable)
• Hands-on experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker. (Desirable)