Hybrid Senior Applied AI Engineer | Equity

Gravitas Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Hybrid working model

Healthcare benefits

Learning budget £500

25 days holidays

Job summary

Gravitas Group in Manchester is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to own complex AI delivery within a consulting environment. You will design, build and deploy real‑world AI solutions, guiding projects from discovery to production while staying hands‑on with cutting‑edge technologies.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical direction and collaborate with clients to translate requirements into scalable, production‑grade systems using Python, ML and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• > Strong experience building and deploying production‑grade Python applications.
• > Experience developing machine learning or generative AI solutions in commercial environments.
• > Hands‑on experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, Embeddings, Prompt engineering, Model evaluation, AI agents, Model serving and ML workflows.
• > Experience designing and delivering cloud‑native solutions on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• > Knowledge of DevOps practices and Infrastructure‑as‑Code tooling.
• > Experience owning technical workstreams and making engineering decisions.
• > Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering best practices.
• > Agile software delivery experience.
• > Strong knowledge of Git, Linux/Unix, Docker, Open‑source AI, ML and MLOps tooling.
• > Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• > Own technical workstreams across the full project delivery lifecycle.
• > Work closely with clients to understand business challenges and define AI solutions.
• > Design, build and deploy scalable production‑grade AI systems.
• > Lead technical discussions, workshops, demos and discovery sessions.
• > Deliver high‑quality software engineering with strong testing, observability and documentation standards.
• > Collaborate with team leads and engineers on architecture and implementation planning.
• > Participate in sprint planning, retrospectives and code reviews.
• > Support and mentor other engineers across projects.
• > Help maintain engineering excellence and ensure outstanding client outcomes.
• > Keep pace with advancements in AI, machine learning and cloud technologies.

Skills

Python

Machine learning

LLMs

RAG

Embeddings

Prompt engineering

Model serving

AI agents

Git

Linux

Docker

Open‑source AI tools

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Gravitas Group in Manchester is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to own complex AI delivery within a consulting environment. You will design, build and deploy real‑world AI solutions, guiding projects from discovery to production while staying hands‑on with cutting‑edge technologies.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical direction and collaborate with clients to translate requirements into scalable, production‑grade systems using Python, ML and cloud platforms.