Senior AI/ML Engineer

eFinancialCareers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

eFinancialCareers is seeking a Senior AI Engineer in London (Hybrid) to lead AI strategy, architect scalable AI services, and deliver innovative learning-focused features. You will mentor engineers and collaborate with product, design, data, and engineering teams to drive impact across the platform.

You will shape responsible AI initiatives, ensure production-grade quality, and help build a high-performing AI engineering capability within a fast-growing online learning ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building and deploying AI/ML products in production.
• Expert-level software engineering with Python.
• Experience with LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, prompt engineering, and model evaluation.
• Experience building cloud-native applications on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of MLOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes, containerisation, and scalable system architecture.
• Experience integrating AI into customer-facing products.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Desirable: Experience within EdTech, SaaS, or digital consumer products.
• Knowledge of adaptive learning, recommendation systems, or educational analytics.
• Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases, and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Understanding of responsible AI, privacy, and ethical AI development.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the technical vision for AI across our learning platform.
• Architect and build scalable AI services using large language models, machine learning, and modern cloud technologies.
• Develop intelligent learning experiences including personalised learning journeys, AI tutors, content generation, assessment, recommendations, and learner support tools.
• Build production-ready AI systems with a strong focus on quality, reliability, security, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Learning Design, Data Science, and Engineering teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to improve learner engagement and educational outcomes.
• Establish engineering standards, AI governance, and best practices across the organisation.
• Mentor senior engineers and help grow a high-performing AI engineering capability.

Skills

Python

LLMs

RAG

AI agents

Prompt engineering

Model evaluation

Cloud-native apps

MLOps

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Vector databases

LangChain

LlamaIndex

AI governance

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Vector databases

AI orchestration frameworks

Job description

££90,000 - £110,000 GBP

No

Hybrid WORKING

Location: UK wide , Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent

Senior AI Engineer - London (Remote)

We're looking for an experienced AI Engineers to lead the next generation of AI-powered learning experiences. You'll play a pivotal role in defining our AI strategy, architecting scalable solutions, and bringing innovative products to millions of learners.

This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing online learning platform where your work will directly influence how people develop new skills, advance their careers, and achieve their goals.

The Role

As an AI Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across AI initiatives while remaining hands-on in the design and delivery of production systems. You'll collaborate with product, engineering, data, and learning specialists to create intelligent features that improve learner outcomes and drive innovation across the platform.

You’ll help shape the future of our technology, mentor talented engineers, and establish best practices for building responsible, scalable AI solutions.

What You'll Do

• Define and deliver the technical vision for AI across our learning platform.
• Architect and build scalable AI services using large language models, machine learning, and modern cloud technologies.
• Develop intelligent learning experiences including personalised learning journeys, AI tutors, content generation, assessment, recommendations, and learner support tools.
• Build production-ready AI systems with a strong focus on quality, reliability, security, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Learning Design, Data Science, and Engineering teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to improve learner engagement and educational outcomes.
• Establish engineering standards, AI governance, and best practices across the organisation.
• Mentor senior engineers and help grow a high-performing AI engineering capability.

What We're Looking For

• Essential Extensive experience building and deploying AI or machine learning products in production.
• Expert-level software engineering skills, particularly in Python.
• Strong experience with LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, prompt engineering, and model evaluation.
• Experience building cloud-native applications on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of MLOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes, containerisation, and scalable system architecture.
• Experience integrating AI into customer-facing products.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Desirable Experience within EdTech, SaaS, or digital consumer products.
• Knowledge of adaptive learning, recommendation systems, or educational analytics.
• Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases, and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Understanding of responsible AI, privacy, and ethical AI development.
• Passion for improving education through technology.