Senior Applied AI Engineer | Hybrid UK & Equity Options

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Hybrid working

25 days holiday

Enhanced parental leave

£500 learning budget

AI assistant subscription

Cycle to Work

Volunteer days

Social events

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd is partnering with a high-growth AI and technology consultancy to recruit a Senior Applied AI Engineer in Manchester. You will own technical workstreams from design to deployment, collaborating with clients to shape AI solutions and lead delivery across projects.

The role is hybrid, based in Manchester, with salary £65,000 - £80,000 depending on experience, plus equity options and a range of benefits. Occasional UK travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Strong Python production-grade experience.
• Experience building ML/AI solutions in commercial environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with cloud-native solutions on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and Infrastructure-as-Code tooling.
• Experience owning technical workstreams and making engineering decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own technical workstreams across the full project delivery lifecycle
• Work closely with clients to understand business challenges and define AI solutions
• Design, build and deploy scalable production-grade AI systems
• Lead technical discussions, workshops, demos and discovery sessions
• Deliver high-quality software engineering with strong testing, observability and documentation standards
• Collaborate with team leads and engineers on architecture and implementation planning
• Participate in sprint planning, retrospectives and code reviews
• Support and mentor other engineers across projects
• Help maintain engineering excellence and ensure outstanding client outcomes
• Keep pace with advancements in AI, machine learning and cloud technologies

Skills

Python

AI/ML engineering

Communication

Tools

Docker

Git

Linux/Unix

MLOps tooling

Job description

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd is partnering with a high-growth AI and technology consultancy to recruit a Senior Applied AI Engineer in Manchester. You will own technical workstreams from design to deployment, collaborating with clients to shape AI solutions and lead delivery across projects.

The role is hybrid, based in Manchester, with salary £65,000 - £80,000 depending on experience, plus equity options and a range of benefits. Occasional UK travel may be required.