Role: Senior AI Solutions Engineer (Technical Specialist)
Location: Welwyn (Hybrid)
Hours: Full-time
Pay: £566.31 – £641.81 PAYE / £750 – £850 UMB / LTD per day
Contract: 12 months – Outside IR35
Start Date: ASAP – Ideally before Christmas, although January can be considered (no later than January).
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior AI Solutions Engineer to join one of our longstanding clients in Welwyn.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior AI and software engineering professional to take a technical lead role in designing and developing innovative AI solutions, including AI agents, intelligent assistants, automated workflows and AI-powered applications.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working
- Free, on-site parking
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
The Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or a related field.
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in software, data or machine-learning engineering, including at least 2 years building LLM-based applications or AI agents used in production.
- Expert Python skills, including FastAPI, Pydantic, pandas and pytest.
- Solid R knowledge and experience building and deploying R Shiny applications.
- Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, such as Anthropic Claude or OpenAI.
- Strong knowledge of AI agents, RAG, vector search, tool calling and frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI or AutoGen.
- Advanced SQL, Snowflake and REST API integration experience.
- Experience with Git, CI/CD, Docker and AWS.
- Understanding of GxP, computer system validation, data privacy and AI governance.
- Strong technical leadership, project management and communication skills.
Desirable Experience:
- Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, AI or a related field.
- Experience with AI services within cloud data warehouses.
- Knowledge of AI security, permissions and protection against prompt injection.
- Experience with regulated enterprise systems or pharmaceutical R&D.
- Knowledge of machine learning tools such as scikit-learn.
- A GitHub profile or portfolio demonstrating relevant work.
The Role:
- Lead the technical design and architecture of AI solutions, including agents, assistants and automated workflows.
- Build AI agents and assistants using enterprise LLM platforms, integrating business systems and document retrieval.
- Develop AI-powered dashboards and natural-language interfaces to help business leaders explore data and identify trends.
- Build and maintain reusable AI skills and components.
- Work with Quality & Compliance teams to ensure AI solutions meet GxP and regulatory requirements.
- Establish testing frameworks and monitor AI accuracy, performance, cost and usage.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, establishing coding standards and development practices.
- Work closely with business teams, IT, Information Security and Data Governance to deliver secure, scalable AI solutions.
If you’re keen to take a leading role in developing innovative AI solutions and delivering meaningful business improvements through advanced technology, please apply for this Senior AI Solutions Engineer role below or call Chloe McCausland at Clearline Recruitment on 01273 063769 between 8:30am – 5:00pm.
