Senior AI Engineer

Just Eat Takeaway.com; Ewell; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com is hiring a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI-powered software across the enterprise. You will lead AI initiatives, mentor peers, and drive best practices in AI engineering.

The role emphasizes scalable infrastructure, model serving optimisation, and robust data pipelines in cloud environments. You will work with AWS and GCP platforms, leverage IaC and container orchestration, and apply cutting-edge tools to deliver business value while staying current with

Qualifications

• Experience delivering AI-driven software and infrastructure.
• Proven ability to lead AI projects end-to-end from prototyping to deployment.
• Strong Python development and cloud platform expertise.
• Knowledge of MLOps/AIOps and automation best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy high-quality, scalable AI-enabled software solutions.
• Lead and participate in technical AI projects and deployments.
• Mentor teammates on AI engineering best practices.
• Improve products and processes with MLOps/AIOps and automation.
• Optimise model serving and data pipelines for performance and security.

Skills

Python

AI/ML concepts

MLOps

AIOps

Automation

Tools

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Serverless Framework

LangGraph

Bedrock

Vertex AI

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Design, develop, and deploy high-quality, scalable software solutions, focusing on AI-enabled applications and infrastructure.

Lead and participate in technical projects and deployments of AI systems.

Provide guidance and mentoring to other team members on best practices in AI engineering.

Use best practices (e.g., MLOps, AIOps) to improve products/services and processes related to AI.

Optimise existing model serving and data pipelines to meet changing performance and security requirements.

Hold requirements gathering sessions with business stakeholders and data science teams.

Lead functional projects or work streams focused on AI infrastructure and tooling.

Experience working with cloud platforms like AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, Fargate, DynamoDB/RDS) or GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, BigQuery).

Strong programming skills, with extensive experience in Python and fluency in another language.

Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Serverless Framework).

Enjoy automating processes.

Knowledge of containers (Docker, Container Orchestration like Kubernetes/ECS/GKE).

A genuine interest in and at least foundational experience with AI/ML concepts and technologies, demonstrating an eagerness to grow into a specialised AI Engineering role.

Proven track record of delivering high-quality work and driving forward best practices in software engineering.

Works independently and is able to solve complex

Stays up to date with new technology in the AI space.

Nice to have:

• Direct experience with advanced AI tools and platforms, such as Amazon Bedrock or Google Vertex AI.
• Familiarity with frameworks for building complex, multi-step generative AI applications, like LangGraph.
• Experience with Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication or coordination patterns in AI systems.
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI-powered development tools like GitHub Copilot or similar platforms (e.g., Kiro, Cursor) to enhance productivity and code generation.
• Knowledge of or experience with MCP to integrate LLMs with external data sources and tools

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We're a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience.

Whether it's a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.

About this role:

A Senior AI Engineer opportunity within our Enterprise AI team. Working with a group of other AI Engineers to design, build, and deploy cutting-edge AI-powered solutions that drive business value across the organisation.

The Senior Enterprise AI Engineer is responsible for delivering a roadmap of improvements, focusing on the full lifecycle of AI applications, from initial prototyping to production-grade deployments., At JET, this is how we play

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.

Being the best at what we do isn't just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable - our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side.

At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers' loyalty, again and again.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we're building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

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