AI Engineer

Ageas; Chandler's Ford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK insurance firm is seeking an AI Engineer to innovate and scale AI solutions in a hybrid working environment. You will collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to enhance customer experiences. Ideal candidates will have expertise in NLP models and Python, along with a strong foundation in AGILE methodologies. This role offers competitive pay and extensive benefits, including flexible working options and health support.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Health Benefits

Annual Bonus Schemes

Competitive Pension

Maternity Leave at full pay

Qualifications

• Proven experience applying, researching and developing NLP models in a commercial setting.
• Skilled at working with non-technical stakeholders to scope and deliver effective ML solutions.
• Proficient with the Python data science stack and version control tools like Git.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to understand processes and data for GenAI use cases.
• Deploy scalable, cutting-edge AI solutions within the team.
• Collaborate in a cross-functional squad to productionise AI services in AWS.

Skills

NLP models

Stakeholder engagement

Python data science stack

LLMOps

AGILE methodologies

Tools

Docker

MLflow

Kubernetes

FastAPI

Job description

Job Title: AI Engineer
Target Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
Salary Range: £70,000- £80,000 Dependent on Experience
Location: Reigate, Manchester or Glasgow - Hybrid
Closing Date for applications: Friday 13th February

AI Engineer: Step into a role where your work shapes the future of insurance. At Ageas/esure, we are building on an exciting foundation of 20 live AI use cases already empowering over 900 frontline colleagues — and we’re just getting started!

As an AI Engineer, you’ll join a rapidly expanding function with huge opportunities to innovate, scale, and influence how our business delivers smarter, faster, more human-centred customer experiences. If you’re driven by growth, curiosity, and real-world impact, this is your chance to make your mark.

Main Responsibilities as an AI Engineer

• Partner with stakeholders to understand processes and data, identifying high‑value GenAI use cases.
• Work within the Data Science & AI team to deploy scalable, cutting‑edge AI solutions across the business.
• Collaborate in a cross‑functional squad (DevOps, data engineers, developers, testers, Infosec) to productionise AI services in AWS.
• Enhance and innovate esure’s tech stack, including MLOps, CI/CD pipelines, UI, and our AI Python library.
• Assess third‑party GenAI and LLM technologies to determine feasibility and cost–benefit.

Skills and experience you need as an AI Engineer

• Proven experience applying, researching and developing NLP models, including prompt engineering and fine‑tuning LLMs in a commercial setting.
• Skilled at working with non‑technical stakeholders to scope, design and deliver effective ML solutions.
• Proficient with the Python data science stack (pandas, scikit‑learn, Jupyter, etc.) and version control tools like Git.
• Exposure to LLMOps, model monitoring, CI/CD and related technologies (Docker, MLflow, Kubernetes, FastAPI, etc.).
• Knowledge and working experience of AGILE methodologies.

Benefits

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve Top Employer status in the UK.

Flexible Working - Smart Working at Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (within the UK) and, for many roles, flexibility within the working day. We offer vacancies part-time/job-shares and a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) with buy/sell options.

Health - Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.

Wealth - 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.

Work - Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.

Family - Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.

Benefits for Them - Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.

Tech - Deals on gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Getting around - Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.

Back to work - Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We serve over four million customers. We are an inclusive employer and signatories of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we ensure our recruitment processes are inclusive and offer support and adjustments during recruitment. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team.

We guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone. We have a zero-tolerance approach to harassment during recruitment. Most roles allow a proportion of time spent working from home and we are open to flexible working arrangements, including full-time, part-time or job share. To learn more about Ageas, see About Us.

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