Senior AI Engineer

Kainos Group plc; City of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong Python skills and experience with cloud platforms, alongside a proven track record in deploying AI/ML solutions. You will collaborate with customers and drive responsible AI practices, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. Competitive compensation and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of deploying modern AI/ML solutions into production.
• Strong grounding in software engineering best practices.
• Experience with data storage for AI, vector databases, and semantic search.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced AI solutions leveraging state-of-the-art technologies.
• Drive the adoption of modern AI frameworks and scalable cloud-native architectures.
• Collaborate with customers to translate business challenges into AI solutions.

Skills

Python skills

Team working

Interpersonal skills

Experience with AI/ML solutions

Cloud platforms (Azure & AWS)

Containerisation and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)

Modern deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Machine learning libraries (scikit-learn, XGBoost)

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

**J****OB****P****ROFILE DESCRIPTION** **M****AIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE****&****RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS****:** As a Senior AI Engineer at Kainos, you will deliver advanced AI solutions leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning, generative and agentic AI technologies. You will drive the adoption of modern AI frameworks, AIOps best practices and scalable cloud-native architectures. Your role will involve hands-on technical delivery, collaborating with customers to translate business challenges into trustworthy AI solutions and ensuring responsible AI practices throughout. As a technical mentor, you will foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.**M****INIMUM****(****ESSENTIAL****)****REQUIREMENTS**: Demonstrable experience of deploying modern AI/ML solutions into production, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), model evaluation, and monitoring using metrics (e.g. precision, recall, NDCG and drift detection).Strong Python skills with a grounding in software engineering best practices (CI/CD, testing, code reviews etc).Experience developing solutions at scale on cloud platforms (Azure & AWS), containerisation and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Docker. Strong interpersonal skills and team working.Demonstrable experience with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow), fine-tuning or distillation of LLMs (e.g., GPT, Llama, Claude, Gemini), machine learning libraries (e.g. scikit-learn, XGBoost).Experience with data storage for AI, vector databases, semantic search, and knowledge graphs.Familiarity with AI security, privacy, and compliance standards e.g. ISO42001.At Kainos we use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people’s lives easier. We build strong relationships with our customers and go beyond to change the way they work today and the impact they have tomorrow.Our two specialist practices, Digital Services and Workday, work globally for clients across healthcare, commercial and the public sector to make the world a little bit better, day by day.Our people love the exciting work, the cutting-edge technologies and the benefits we offer. That’s why we’ve been ranked in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies on numerous occasions.For more information, see .