Data & AI Engineer

Data & AI Engineer

Full-Time 70000 - 90000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Blair West

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Design and deliver scalable data architectures for analytics and AI solutions.
  • Company: Join Reeves Group, a top-rated financial advisory firm with a focus on innovation.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace committed to fairness and equality.
  • Why this job: Shape the future of data and AI in a dynamic financial environment.
  • Qualifications: Experience in data engineering and cloud environments, strong communication skills.

The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.

Blair West are supporting Reeves Group with the appointment of a Data & AI Engineer at a key stage in their growth. Reeves is an FCA-regulated financial advisory firm with over £1.3bn in assets under management and a six-time FT Top 100 ranking. With continued investment in data and AI, they are building a modern, scalable data platform to enable better decision-making and innovation across the business. This role, reporting to the CTO, will play a central part in shaping that capability.

The opportunity:

  • You will design and deliver scalable data architectures to support analytics, AI, and business operations.
  • Working closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders, you’ll translate requirements into robust solutions and drive best practice across data engineering and governance.
  • Design and implement end-to-end data architectures.
  • Build and optimise batch and streaming data pipelines.
  • Support AI-driven solutions, including RAG and vector-based architectures.
  • Lead data migration and platform integration activities.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-quality data solutions.
  • Drive standards in data governance, quality, and documentation.
  • Evaluate tools and technologies to support ongoing innovation.

You’ll be the ideal candidate for this position if you have:

  • Data engineering/architecture experience in cloud environments.
  • Strong data modelling and pipeline development capability.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake or similar.
  • Knowledge of AI data architectures and modern data tooling.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
  • Financial services experience (desirable).
  • Relevant cloud certifications (desirable).

Our commitment:

Blair West is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and inclusion at every stage of the recruitment process. We are committed to fairness, equality, and ongoing diversity training for our team to give our candidates and clients a feeling of belonging during their experience with us. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during your experience with us, please speak to your consultant.

Data & AI Engineer employer: Blair West

Blair West is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the pursuit of sustainable infrastructure solutions. Employees benefit from comprehensive professional development opportunities and are encouraged to engage in meaningful projects that directly contribute to the UK's Net Zero goals, all while working in a supportive environment that values their contributions.

Blair West

Contact Details:

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