At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and deploy scalable AI/ML solutions for a leading energy company.
- Company: Join Aubay UK, a forward-thinking tech company in the energy sector.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, remote work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a focus on innovation and collaboration across teams.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on global energy transformation towards net-zero emissions by 2050.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in software engineering and machine learning; strong Azure and Kubernetes skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Aubay UK is seeking a Senior AI/ML Research Engineer to join the GenAI team within a leading oil and gas company's Data & AI organization. This role will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying scalable AI/ML solutions across multiple business domains. The successful candidate will lead end-to-end machine learning solution development, from data exploration and experimentation through to deployment, monitoring, and optimisation. They will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including data engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, and product teams to deliver production-grade, enterprise-scale AI/ML systems aligned with quality, scalability, and reliability standards.
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and machine learning
- Strong expertise in designing and deploying large-scale ML systems and architectures
- Extensive hands-on experience with Azure cloud, including AI/ML services and data platforms
- Proven experience with Kubernetes for deployment, scaling, and monitoring
- Strong background in CI/CD pipelines and automation
- Experience with data platforms and tools such as ADLS, Spark, Databricks, SQL/NoSQL
- Experience in distributed computing and big data frameworks (e.g., PySpark)
- Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform and Helm
Desired Skills and Experience
- Experience with Azure AI Foundry and modern GenAI platforms
- Hands-on experience building GenAI solutions using LangChain and Azure OpenAI
- Expertise in building enterprise-grade RAG systems, including context engineering and multimodal pipelines
- Experience designing and deploying multi-agent systems using modern orchestration frameworks
- Experience delivering Text-to-SQL solutions and natural language interfaces
- Familiarity with AWS (SageMaker) or GCP (Vertex AI)
- Frontend (React) or backend (.NET/C#) development experience
- Strong commercial awareness and business value delivery mindset
Roles and Responsibilities
- Design and deploy large-scale ML systems using modern engineering practices
- Build and maintain core ML infrastructure, including feature pipelines, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
- Automate the end-to-end ML lifecycle, including data ingestion, experimentation, and optimisation
- Collaborate with product teams to translate business requirements into scalable ML solutions
- Work with DevOps and infrastructure teams to enhance CI/CD processes and deployment reliability
- Develop and implement GenAI solutions, including RAG pipelines and multi-agent architectures
- Contribute to innovation by staying up to date with emerging AI/ML technologies
- Support knowledge sharing and contribute to internal communities of practice
Our client is one of the Super Major global energy companies with around 84,000 employees across 70+ countries who are working to power progress through cleaner energy solutions. You will have the opportunity to work in a challenging but rewarding environment that is fast-paced and changing fundamentally and work towards transforming the business of a Super Major energy company to meet the ambition to be a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 whilst delivering a world-class business case that has a robust societal license to operate.
This role requires you to be based in the UK and have the right to work in the UK. Aubay UK is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.
