AI Engineer

Brunswick Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is seeking an AI Developer to enhance existing applications and create innovative AI solutions. The ideal candidate will possess strong Python skills and experience with LLMs, along with a solid understanding of statistics and machine learning. This role offers opportunities for creativity and autonomy within a diverse team committed to professional development. Flexibility and a problem-solving mindset are essential.

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus

25 days’ annual leave

Private medical cover

Flexible working

Complimentary artisan coffee and snacks

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant, post-university work experience.
• Experience working in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support, run, and iterate existing AI applications.
• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain new AI applications.
• Research and analyse data sets using statistics and machine learning techniques.

Skills

Experience building solutions with LLMs

Strong Python development experience

Experience with front-end languages (JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS)

Solid understanding of fundamentals of statistics and ML theory

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Curiosity and ownership

Education

Undergraduate degree in a quantitative field (Mathematics or Computer Science)

Tools

Microsoft Azure

DevOps (CI / CD, git)

Job description

Context

Brunswick is on a journey to leverage AI and data science to enhance its operations and the advice it gives to clients. We currently have an exciting and unique opportunity to join our growing AI team.

The Role

The role will take responsibility for developing new and maintaining existing AI applications, alongside our existing AI team. It will suit an individual with previous experience of developing and managing AI applications (particularly using LLMs). You should enjoy working with autonomy and be a creative problem solver, with a strong commitment to developing high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Support, run, and iterate existing AI applications.
• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain new AI applications which can be scaled across multiple business use cases, driving operational and commercial outcomes.
• Trial and test solutions with end users to iterate and optimise them.
• Research and analyse data sets using a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques.
• Track and understand the evolving AI landscape.

Candidate specification

The successful candidate will be a highly professional, well-rounded individual who possesses strong problem-solving skills, engineering ability, strategic acumen, and interpersonal skills. They will have a strong academic pedigree followed by a first-rate career to date.

Candidates will have

• Experience building solutions with LLMs and a deep understanding of the overall generative AI landscape.
• Strong Python development experience, including writing production-quality code.
• Experience working with front-end languages (e.g. JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS).
• Solid understanding of fundamentals of statistics and ML theory.
• 2+ years of relevant, post-university work experience.
• An undergraduate degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics or Computer Science, or equivalent relevant industry experience.
• Previous professional services experience would be beneficial.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate technical information and ideas at all levels.
• Skill and comfort working in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users.
• Curiosity, ownership, and willingness to work both collaboratively and independently.

Desirable skills / knowledge

• Developing cloud applications on Microsoft Azure.
• DevOps (CI / CD, git, etc.).
• Secure development.

Our Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus
• 25 days’ annual leave, excluding bank holidays (plus your Birthday off)
• Private medical cover and employee assistance programme
• Family-friendly policies
• Complimentary artisan coffee, tea and snacks, served by our own barista.
• Daily breakfast in the café
• Lunch & Learn training sessions.
• Cycle 2 work scheme and season ticket loans
• Flexible working, including support with your home working environment.
• Eye care, including annual eye tests.
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities
• A comprehensive training and development curriculum
• Give as you Earn.
• Menopause Policy

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Maintaining and strengthening a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace are pillars of Brunswick’s culture and key to our future success. Valuing and supporting every colleague as an individual while helping them reach their full potential is critical to attracting and developing our greatest strength – our people. By embracing our differences and diverse perspectives we create richer experiences within our firm and enhance the quality of the ideas and advice that we deliver to our clients.

Brunswick is an equal opportunities employer, and our Equal Opportunities Policy is available on request.

About Brunswick Group

Brunswick is a critical issues firm. We advise the world’s leading companies on how to navigate the critical issues they face and engage with their critical stakeholders.

Our purpose is to help our clients play their role in the world more successfully. We help the leaders of the world’s great value-creating organizations operate successfully across the increasingly complex and fast-changing arenas of finance, politics and society at large.

Brunswick is one firm globally, operating as a single profit centre. This allows us to respond seamlessly and effectively to clients’ needs wherever they are in the world.

Background

Founded in London in 1987, Brunswick’s global partnership has grown organically to 27 offices in 18 countries. We began as a M&A and financial communications firm and, over time, expanded our capabilities to provide expert advice to our clients on a range of business critical issues. We invested in new offices, sector teams and practice groups including investor engagement; shareholder activism; governance; regulatory and public affairs, including geopolitical; crisis; litigation; social issues including climate change and diversity, equity and inclusion; cybersecurity, data and privacy; employee engagement; digital communications; opinion research and analysis, and; creative services.

Our incoming CEO is Henry Timms, based in New York. Our Chairman is Sir Alan Parker, based in London.