UK Applied AI Solution Engineer

Tomoro; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading generative AI solutions provider in the UK is seeking an Applied AI Solution Engineer to develop AI-powered applications. The role involves working directly with clients, solving complex technical challenges, and leading development teams. Successful candidates should have hands-on experience with AI solutions, including large language models, and demonstrate strong communication skills. The position offers a salary between £70,000 and £90,000, along with comprehensive benefits and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Wellness cash plan

Life policy

Employee assistance programme

Company pension

Exclusive discounts

Career coaching

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience of developing production-grade solutions.
• Experience in building AI-powered solutions, particularly involving large language models.
• Ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and deploy AI applications, such as agents using Large Language Models.
• Interact with clients to understand business challenges and propose AI solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.

Skills

AI Solution Development

Client Consultation and Communication

Technical Problem-Solving

Technical Leadership

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Continuous Learning and Adaptation

Quality Assurance and Testing

Ethical Consideration and Compliance

Client Training and Support

Tools

Python

SQL

Spark

OpenAI API

Job description

About Tomoro

Tomoro enables organisations to realise competitive advantage with the power of Generative AI. We work with large corporate clients to create meaningful AI strategies, build production-ready AI solutions and effectively integrate those solutions in their businesses.

Our alliance with OpenAI and NVIDIA (among others) enables us to lead the industry in building valuable, scalable, enterprise-ready solutions for businesses.

We’re driven by applied R&D, prototyping and AI innovation. Our client teams are focused on tackling the most challenging aspects of applied AI in the enterprise sector directly with clients.

About the role

Applied AI solution engineers are expected to work in small teams of Tomoro and client engineers to design, build and deploy AI applications, such as agents built around Large Language Models.

As your experience and expertise in the role grows, this may extend to leading these teams, owning solutions end-to-end and advising clients in this space.

The typical applications we build use existing closed or open-source foundational models, potentially with some fine tuning. We generally do not need to train our own foundational models from scratch.

Responsibilities

We do not expect every successful candidate to have experience in all of these areas. We encourage you to apply if the role excites you and you believe you can demonstrate a combination of the following capabilities.

• AI Solution Development: Building AI-powered solutions, particularly those involving large language models with our client partners. You’ll be hands-on and will own design and build of such solutions.
• Client Consultation and Communication: Regularly interacting with clients to understand their business challenges, goals, and requirements, and effectively communicating how AI solutions can address their needs.
• Technical Problem-Solving: Solving complex technical problems that arise during the development and implementation of AI solutions. You’ll also help bring some of these “tough problems” back to Tomoro R&D team and work with them to solve problems for the industry.
• Technical Leadership: Providing technical guidance and leadership within the team, including mentoring junior engineers and contributing to team skill development.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working collaboratively with other teams within the company, including non-technical teams, to ensure an integrated approach to AI solution development and implementation.
• Continuous Learning and Adaptation: Staying updated with the latest developments in AI, machine learning, and related technologies to continually enhance the quality of solutions offered.
• Quality Assurance and Testing: Ensuring the reliability, effectiveness, and safety of AI solutions through rigorous testing and quality assurance practices.
• Ethical Consideration and Compliance: Upholding and actively contributing to ethical standards in AI development, including considerations for data privacy, bias minimization, and regulatory compliance. Help expand our knowledge on this subject and help drive ethical ways to implement AI.
• Client Training and Support: Assisting clients in understanding and effectively using AI solutions, and providing ongoing support and maintenance as needed.

Indicators you’ll be a good fit

Strong hands-on experience of developing production-grade solutions involving:

• Building Microservices (including scalable data pipelines using frameworks like Spark)
• Data technologies (Python, SQL)
• Large language models, fine tuning (closed & open source, OpenAI API)
• Solution design (mainly data applications using Python, SQL and other allied tech stack)
• Analytical problem solving

We are not restricted to the technologies we use to solve client challenges and are looking for people who are able to adapt to a new stack when needed.

Client-facing expectations

Our business is helping other businesses transform with AI. We cannot do that by looking inwards. Our Technical team is not behind the scenes, it is very much the front of house. We are proud of our technical expertise in this space, and it is primarily what our clients are buying. We need our technical staff to also be our client ambassadors, which includes:

• Communication & translation: Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with clients, understand their needs and explain complex AI concepts in an accessible manner.
• Business acumen: Understanding of business processes and how AI solutions can be used to improve efficiency, reduce costs, or create new opportunities.

Adaptable and self-sufficient

As a growing, fast-paced organisation, Tomoro offers significant opportunities for rapid growth for everyone in the team. In this stage of the business, we have limited capacity for handholding and need each team member to be able to operate independently and be flexible to work outside of their comfort zone.

Other values

Passionate and positive

Tomoro exists because we believe we can drive transformative change with AI across entire industries. Everyone in the team needs to share the passion for AI technology and its power for good.

Creative and curious

Staying at the forefront of the AI revolution requires everyone in the team to be aware of the latest developments in AI technology and innovating to find new ways to solve some of the hardest unsolved challenges in industry. Pro-active self-learning and openness to new ideas are essential.

Ethical and responsible

Our people are our greatest defence against the risks AI solutions can pose to individuals, organisations and society. Everyone in our team needs to show awareness of ethical considerations in AI, such as data privacy, bias in AI models, and the societal impact of AI technologies.

Package

Salary range of £70,000 and £90,000 + EMIs*

• Opportunity to join our Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme, providing you with share options to benefit from the success of the business as we grow
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days + bank holidays
• Aviva Private medical insurance
• Medicash wellness cash plan (helps to cover your everyday healthcare needs)
• Life Policy
• Employee Assistance Programme (access to 24/7 helpline for in-the-moment support from qualified BACP counsellors)
• Company pension
• Access to exclusive discount platform
• Career Coach

Location

Hybrid working policy. May need to be flexible to travel to client offices as part of project work.