Data Analyst - AI Engineer in Birmingham

DataAnalyst/ AI Engineer

The Fuel Store (TFS) is a progressive, Birmingham based business using technology to develop its market and stay ahead of the competition. It is on a mission to revolutionise the way business is conducted in its chosen business segments. The business is a leading provider of fuel and associated products into the transportation sector. TFS provides a range of products and solutions to its customers which help them to increase profits through increasing basket size, customerloyalty and usage; serving customers more efficiently and cost-effectively. It currently facilitates the provision of and processes the transactions to allow over 60 million litres of Fuel per annum through its card processes.

The business was started 10 years ago and to date has grown organically. Future development will be a combination of organic and inorganic growth offering its customers a carefully thought-out package of products with software that enables easy/dynamic/cost optimised fleet management at its core.

The business is very efficient and proudly operates with circa 50 colleagues whilst delivering over £70m of turnover. Colleagues operate at both the strategic and operational level often in the same meeting. The ability to ‘roll up your sleeves’ and deliver your own solutions is a hugely important asset to us.

A new CEO has been appointed with a strong track record of successful growth and he will lead the twin track approach of organic and inorganic growth.

About the role

We are seekinga highly skilled and innovativeDataAnalyst/ AI Engineerwith deepexpertisein Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs)and Business Intelligence. The ideal candidate will have a proventrack recordof designing,collatingand deploying data models to create financial value and opportunities for our business. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of experience delivering end to end data science solutions across enterprise technologyenvironments to enddata science solutions across enterprise technology environments

Brief Overview:

Type of Opportunity:Permanent,Full Time

Basic Salary:Competitive

Location:Birmingham, B2

Reports to:Senior Business Analyst

Hybrid Model: 4 days in the office and 1 day at home. Therefore, we are not looking for anyone outside normal travel to work distance to Birmingham.

What We’re Looking For

A candidate who brings a strong blend of engineering discipline and research-driven innovation

Aself-sourcingproblem-solver who turns complex datasets into insightful business outcomes.

An individual comfortable leading AI projects end-to-end from ideation to deployment

Key Responsibilities

Analyse large structured and unstructured datasets to extract insights, trends, and business value.

Design, build, and optimise AI pipelines, including LLM-powered applications, RAG systems, finetuning workflows.

Develop scalable production systems using Python, SQL, NoSQL, APIs for cloud infrastructure (Azure).

Develop AI Assistants and automation tools that enhance operational efficiency.

Education & Certifications

Degree Qualified or demonstratable Azure environment experience.

Key Skills & Technologies

Programming & Frameworks: SQL, NoSQL,FastAPI, Git & MSPowerAppSuite

AI: Classification, Regression, Clustering, Deep Learning, Time Series, LLM Agents, RAG

Cloud & Deployment: Azure AI, Databricks.

Data Visualization: Power BI, Excel, Copilot Studio

Our Culture

TFS are in the simplicitybusinessand we are building a team, who look at the world a little differently. People that look at the needlessly complicated and say ‘that’snuts’.Peoplethat are bold enough to challenge convention. And brilliant enough toactually changeit.

What’sin it for you?

• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme:
  After 12 weeks of continuous employment, you will be automatically enrolled into our Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance: Payable at 3x Basic Salary
• Health & Wellbeing:
  You will have access toMediCashupon passing their probation, this will allow you to access healthcare cashback schemes, retail discounts, counselling, for yourself and up to 4 Children.
• Holiday Entitlement:
  You will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus all statutory holidays, you increase personal holiday allowance with increased service up to 5additionaldays.
• Financial Advice:
  Access to 1-2-1 financial advisor sessions free of charge.
• Career Progression:
  We track all employees progression by creating personal development plans, we have anin-houseL&D Specialist dedicated to help you improve and grow professionally.
• Location:
  Based in Birmingham City Centre, with panoramic views from the office floor.
• Supporting local charities:
  Weare passionate about giving back to thelocalcommunity andsupporting charitiesas much aswecan.
• Other benefits: Feel free totake a lookfor yourself here!https://thefuelstore.co.uk/careers

A little more for you to know…

We want to be a place where everyone has a sense of belonging. Our team is growing rapidly and that means that we want collaborative, talented Fuellers to help us to invent The Fuel Store’s future. We will support you, nurture you, and give you the best platform to succeed.

We are also an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across the business. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, family or parental status, neuro diversity or disability status,marital status, veteran status and national origin.