Senior Python AI Engineer - Production Systems, Cloud, Hybrid

Northern Ireland Water Limited; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Python software engineer to join their new AI Centre of Excellence. This hands-on role focuses on building scalable AI solutions for real-world applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Python software engineering, experience in deploying production-grade systems, and a solid grasp of CI/CD principles. The position offers a hybrid working model, competitive benefits, and the opportunity to be part of a major AI transformation program.

Benefits

Pension and full benefits package

Great car allowance

Qualifications

• Strong background in Python software engineering.
• Experience building and deploying production-grade systems.
• Solid engineering fundamentals like CI/CD, testing, and monitoring.
• Cloud experience in AWS and/or Azure.
• Comfortable working with distributed systems, orchestration, and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Take ML/AI solutions from concept through to production.
• Design and build scalable, cloud-native services.
• Help shape engineering standards, tooling, and best practices.
• Work closely with stakeholders to solve real business problems.

Skills

Python software engineering

Building and deploying production-grade systems

CI/CD

Testing

Monitoring

Cloud experience in AWS and/or Azure

Distributed systems

Orchestration

Data pipelines

Security awareness

Job description

A leading financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Python software engineer to join their new AI Centre of Excellence. This hands-on role focuses on building scalable AI solutions for real-world applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Python software engineering, experience in deploying production-grade systems, and a solid grasp of CI/CD principles. The position offers a hybrid working model, competitive benefits, and the opportunity to be part of a major AI transformation program.