AI Research Engineer - Speech & Translation

Harnham; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in AI-driven language technology is seeking a mid-level AI Engineer. The role involves building and deploying LLM/NLP models, improving AI tools, and researching new model architectures. The successful candidate will work closely with global teams across the UK and EU, focusing on accuracy and reliability in heavily regulated industries. The position offers a salary up to £85,000 and a hybrid or remote working model based on location.

Qualifications

• Experience building and deploying LLM/NLP models in production.
• Familiarity with improving AI tools and evaluation frameworks.
• Knowledge of research methods in model architectures.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy LLM/NLP models into production.
• Improve internal AI tools, automation pipelines, and evaluation frameworks.
• Research and experiment with new model architectures.

Skills

Python

NLP

Deep Learning

Job description

Do you want to build real-world LLM and NLP systems used across global products?

Have you ever wanted your models to impact millions of multilingual users?

Are you ready to join a team continuously investing in AI engineering and research?

A global leader in AI-driven language technology is hiring a mid-level AI Engineer to help advance the internal platforms that power translation, localisation, and data-generation workflows across 300+ languages. The company works with heavily regulated industries, so accuracy, compliance, and model reliability are central to their mission. You’ll join a distributed engineering team across the UK and EU, building and improving deep-learning systems that directly support high-scale customer delivery.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys a blend of engineering and research - shipping models while staying close to new developments in NLP and LLMs.

You will

• Build and deploy LLM/NLP models into production.
• Improve internal AI tools, automation pipelines, and evaluation frameworks.
• Research and experiment with new model architectures and papers.
• Work closely with global engineers and researchers across Europe.

Key details

Salary: Up to £85,000

Working model: UK or EU; hybrid/remote depending on location

Stack: Python, NLP, deep learning, LLMs

Visa: Cannot sponsor

Interested? Please apply below.