We are seeking a Senior AI Product & Research Engineer (Consultant) to design, prototype, and scale enterprise‑grade AI products. This role combines deep technical AI expertise with strong product intuition and hands‑on experience leveraging modern AI development tools and coding agents. You will work closely with leadership, engineering, and research teams to translate ambitious AI concepts into secure, scalable production systems.
Responsibilities
- Translate business and research objectives into scalable AI product architectures.
- Rapidly prototype AI‑driven applications using modern AI coding agents and developer copilots.
- Design and implement enterprise‑grade AI systems across model development, evaluation, and deployment.
- Lead applied research efforts across LLMs, agentic systems, retrieval architectures, and applied ML.
- Establish evaluation frameworks to measure model quality, safety, robustness, and business impact.
- Architect production‑ready AI applications with strong observability, monitoring, and iteration loops.
- Advise on AI tooling, vendor selection, infrastructure alignment, and technical roadmap decisions.
- Mentor internal engineers on modern AI development workflows and best practices.
Qualifications
- 8 – 12+ years of experience across AI/ML engineering, applied research, or AI product development.
- Demonstrated experience building and shipping enterprise‑grade AI products.
- Deep familiarity with modern AI stacks (LLMs, RAG systems, fine‑tuning, embeddings, orchestration frameworks).
- Hands‑on experience using AI coding agents and AI‑assisted development tools in production workflows.
- Strong product instincts: ability to balance technical feasibility, business value, and user experience.
- Proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience deploying AI systems in regulated or security‑sensitive environments.
- Familiarity with distributed systems and cloud‑native architectures.
- Background working at leading AI labs, big tech, or high‑performance startups.
- Experience designing internal AI platforms used by multiple teams.
Benefits
- Share in our success with a Quarterly Performance‑Related Profit Share Scheme.
- Strong career progression and mentorship through Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes and a quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
- Flexible or remote working to support a healthy work‑life balance.
- Financial wellbeing initiatives including pension, private healthcare cover, life assurance, financial advice, and an employee discount scheme.
- Employee wellbeing schemes such as gym discounts, bike‑to‑work incentives, fitness classes, mindfulness workshops, and an employee assistance programme; generous holiday allowance and enhanced maternity/paternity leave.
- Educational assistance and incentivised certifications in AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
- Reward schemes including Annual Excellence Awards and a call‑out platform.
- Environment, social and community first initiatives supporting local fundraising and development opportunities as part of diversity, inclusion and belonging.
- And many more exciting benefits—contact us to find out more.
Version 1 is an equal‑opportunities employer.
Contact Details:
Version 1 Solutions Limited Recruitment Team
