Senior Ai Engineer (AI/ML/R&D) in Manchester

Bally’s Intralot is a newly formed company established through the combination of Intralot and Bally’s International Interactive, positioning the group as a top iGaming operator and a leading global provider of lottery solutions. Bally’s Intralot is uniquely positioned across digital online gaming markets, lottery, iLottery, and sports betting. Operating at the intersection of technology, regulation, and entertainment, we are optimally positioned to capitalise on strong global growth trends driven by digital adoption and regulatory expansion across lottery and iGaming markets.

You’ll be part of the team responsible for bringing AI innovation into the hands of millions of players. Working alongside AI researchers and experienced engineers, you’ll transform proven concepts into high-quality, production-ready features that power personalised player experiences. From recommendation systems and intelligent search to AI agents and dynamic content discovery, you’ll build and scale the technology that sits behind our products. This is a senior, hands-on role with genuine ownership; you’ll influence how solutions are designed, built and delivered while working in a collaborative team that’s passionate about solving complex engineering challenges with AI.

Responsibilities:

• Take prototypes and validated concepts from R&D and turn them into production systems: hardened, tested, observable, and maintainable.
• Build and operate real-time personalisation, recommendation, search and ranking systems against live traffic and within real latency budgets.
• Hold a high engineering bar on AWS and TypeScript: clean CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, and testing.
• Work closely with R&D engineers, product managers, data analysts and Staff Engineers, bridging fast experimental work and production discipline.

Requirements:

• Significant commercial software engineering experience (typically 5+ years) with strong expertise in TypeScript and working knowledge of Python.
• Proven experience delivering AI, machine learning or data-driven features into production, such as recommendation engines, search, ranking systems or LLM-powered applications.
• Hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS, with a solid understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure as code and production monitoring.
• Experience developing and supporting high-performance, real-time systems with a focus on scalability, reliability and low latency.
• Experience measuring and evaluating AI model performance, using data and experimentation to drive continuous improvement.

Skills & Behaviours:

• A hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and delivering high-quality, production-ready solutions.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering best practices, with a focus on clean, maintainable and well-tested code.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment alongside engineers, product teams and AI researchers.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive, curious and continuously looking for opportunities to improve products, processes and the way AI solutions are delivered.

Benefits:

• Annual leave
• Pension plan
• Health insurance
• Company share scheme
• Volunteering days
• Home office allowance
• Wellness or Gym allowance

Diversity & Inclusion:

At Bally’s Interactive, we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and working conditions. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are important to us, and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.