Senior AI Engineer

RELX; Exeter; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information provider is seeking a skilled individual for an AI-focused role in Exeter. This position entails researching new AI technologies, developing features that enhance IP analytics products, and mentoring junior developers. Candidates should have significant experience with Python, AWS, and AI, coupled with strong communication skills. They promote a healthy work/life balance and offer a range of benefits to support employee wellbeing including generous holiday allowance, health screening, and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening and private medical benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Experience with AI/ML/Data Science libraries (pandas, faiss, etc.).
• Understanding Software Engineering techniques and processes.
• Mentoring less senior developers on coding best practices.

Responsibilities

• Researching cutting-edge AI technology.
• Developing reusable AI evaluation frameworks.
• Creating performance- and cost-optimised services.
• Participating in development processes and code reviews.

Skills

Experience working with a modern Python codebase

Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Experience with GenAI and agentic AI

Tools

AWS (EKS, S3, RDS, Terraform)

Python

Azure Pipelines

Job description

Are you passionate about shaping the future of AI-driven IP tools in a collaborative, flexible environment?

Want to join a dynamic team building cutting‑edge AI solutions and analytics on impactful, global projects?

About our Team:

At LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions, our mission is to bring clarity to innovation by delivering better outcomes to the innovation community. Each and every day, the work our team does supports the development of new technologies and processes that ultimately advance humanity. Helping our customers reach their goals is our primary focus. We enable innovators to accomplish more by helping them make informed decisions, be more productive, comply with regulations and ultimately achieve superior results. Our overall success is measured by how well we deliver these results. We are proud to directly support and serve these innovators in their endeavours to better humankind.

The AI Platform team is responsible for the features that power the AI capabilities of LexisNexis IP’s flagship IP analytics products. We research new AI technology and apply it in our products, resulting in intelligent features that benefit our users, as well as reusable tools for our internal platform. This is an opportunity to join a team that works on a modern, cloud‑native infrastructure and become an essential part of building LexisNexis IP’s AI future.

About the Role:

Our IP analytics offerings enable core IP activities such as competitive intelligence, benchmarking, portfolio optimisation and more, by bringing together highly curated and enriched datasets, cutting‑edge analysis tools with streamlined workflows and powerful visualisation capabilities, all within a single platform.

The AI Platform team is responsible for the features that power the AI capabilities of LexisNexis IP’s flagship IP analytics products. We research new AI technology and apply it in our products, resulting in intelligent features that benefit our users, as well as reusable tools for our internal platform.

Responsibilities:

• Researching the applicability of cutting‑edge AI technology in our features.
• You will work across multiple technologies around a core including: Python, AWS (EKS, S3, RDS, Terraform, etc.), AI/ML/Data Science libraries (Google ADK, pandas, faiss, etc.)
• Developing reusable AI evaluation frameworks.
• Designing agentic AI systems.
• Delivering AI powered features.
• Creating performance‑ and cost‑optimised services.
• Helping to build AWS platform infrastructure with Terraform, such as RDS instances or EKS clusters.
• Mentoring less senior developers on coding best practices (TDD with pytest, Pythonic code, etc.)
• Writing and reviewing portions of detailed specifications for the development of moderately complex system components.
• Participating in development processes, and code reviews.
• Operating in a Scrum based development environment while collaborating with stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Experience working with a modern Python codebase.
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers, including knowledge of IaC solutions.
• Understanding Software Engineering techniques and processes.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience.
• Experience with GenAI and agentic AI.
• Experience with Azure Pipelines & Terraform is desirable, but not essential.

Working for you:

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long‑term goals.

Benefits:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Wellbeing programs
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Optional Dental Insurance
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the business:

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision‑making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

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