Senior AI Solutions Engineer - 44176

Talentmark; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 104,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentmark is recruiting a Senior AI Solutions Engineer for a 12-month contract in the pharmaceutical industry, based in Welwyn Garden City with flexible hybrid work. You will lead the technical design of AI agents, assistants and dashboards for the Business Strategy & Operations team, building tools on large language models and linking to business systems and documents.

The role requires strong Python, R/R Shiny, experience with Claude/OpenAI, REST APIs, SQL, Snowflake, Docker and AWS.

Qualifications

• Experience building production-ready LLM-based tools.
• Strong Python skills; experience with R and R Shiny.
• Hands-on with Claude/OpenAI and vector search.
• Knowledge of SQL, Snowflake, REST APIs, Git, CI/CD, Docker and AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design of AI agents, assistants and dashboards for the Business Strategy & Operations team.
• Build AI tools linked to business systems and company documents.
• Create simple chat-style tools for leaders to query project, resourcing and performance data.
• Build a shared library of AI components for reuse by other teams.
• Work with Quality & Compliance to ensure tools meet GxP with audit trails and human checks.
• Set coding standards, mentor engineers, and explain technical choices to business colleagues.

Skills

Python

Machine learning engineering

LLM tools

SQL

Tools

Docker

AWS

Snowflake

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Talentmark are recruiting for a Senior AI Solutions Engineer to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry on a contract basis for 12 months. This role is flexible hybrid, with offices in Welwyn Garden City.

Salary

£566.31 - £641.81 per day PAYE or £750 - £850 per day Umbrella/Ltd. Rates are dependent upon experience.

Senior AI Solutions Engineer Role

• Lead the technical design of AI agents, assistants and smart dashboards for the Business Strategy & Operations team.
• Build AI tools on large language models, including links to business systems and search over company documents.
• Create simple chat-style tools that let leaders ask questions about project, resourcing and performance data.
• Build a shared library of AI components that other teams can reuse.
• Work with the Quality & Compliance team to make sure AI tools meet GxP rules, with clear audit trails and human checks.
• Set coding standards, mentor other engineers and explain technical choices to business colleagues.

Your Background

• Very experiencein software, data or machine learning engineering, including experience building LLM-based tools that are used in production.
• Strong Python skills, plus solid R and R Shiny experience.
• Hands-on experience with LLM tools such as Claude or OpenAI, agent frameworks, RAG and vector search.
• Good knowledge of SQL, Snowflake, REST APIs, Git, CI/CD, Docker and AWS.
• Experience leading technical AI projects and an understanding of GxP and validation in a regulated industry, with the ability to explain complex ideas in plain language.

Company

Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.

Please note: This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check