Public Sector AI Engineer — Hybrid Cloud & Data

IBM; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical, dental & optical

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow invites an experienced Consulting AI Engineer to help clients turn emerging AI capabilities into practical, secure, and production-ready solutions across public sector and regulated industries. You will design, build, integrate, and deploy AI-powered applications with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, trusted outcomes.

You'll work on AI systems spanning retrieval, governance, and secure adoption, with a strong emphasis on responsible AI practices, agile

Qualifications

• Commercial experience developing solutions using LLMs and LLM APIs.
• Hands-on experience implementing production RAG solutions and/or agent-based AI systems.
• Strong Python development skills.
• Experience developing APIs and integrating systems using modern integration patterns.
• Understanding of prompt engineering, retrieval strategies, and AI evaluation approaches.
• Experience mitigating hallucinations and improving response quality through grounding, retrieval, or evaluation techniques.
• Understanding of Responsible AI principles, governance, and secure AI adoption.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience delivering solutions within Agile development environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications and services using Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions and agent-based workflows for real-world business use cases.
• Integrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise applications, services, and operational processes.
• Develop APIs, services, and integration patterns that enable secure adoption of AI technologies.
• Work with Data Engineers, Architects, and client stakeholders to translate business requirements into production-ready solutions.
• Support the evaluation, testing, and optimisation of AI systems, balancing performance, cost, reliability, and risk.
• Contribute to responsible AI adoption through appropriate governance, security, and evaluation practices.
• Participate in Agile delivery teams and contribute throughout the full delivery lifecycle.

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow invites an experienced Consulting AI Engineer to help clients turn emerging AI capabilities into practical, secure, and production-ready solutions across public sector and regulated industries. You will design, build, integrate, and deploy AI-powered applications with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, trusted outcomes.

You'll work on AI systems spanning retrieval, governance, and secure adoption, with a strong emphasis on responsible AI practices, agile