Senior AI Engineer

UNUM Ireland.; Carlow; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

IT Certifications

Tuition reimbursement

Hybrid work

Competitive compensation

25 days annual leave

Health insurance

Pension scheme

Annual bonus

Charity & community activities

Job summary

Unum seeks a Senior AI Engineer to design, build and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging Generative AI, LLMs and MLOps on AWS. You will architect scalable systems, guide best practices, and partner with data scientists and engineers to deliver impactful AI capabilities across the organization.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in software/ML engineering, strong Python and ML framework experience, and hands-on work with LLMs, vector search, and MLOps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field.
• 7+ years of software/ML engineering or AI engineering experience.
• Proven track record delivering production AI solutions in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale AI and ML solutions including Generative AI and LLM-powered apps.
• Build AI solutions using RAG, AI Agents, vector search, and enterprise knowledge assistants.
• Develop and optimize AI applications on AWS services (SageMaker, Bedrock, Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3).
• Lead robust MLOps/LLMOps practices: deployment, monitoring, versioning, lifecycle management.
• Design APIs, integrations, and cloud-native services enabling AI across the business.
• Ensure scalable, secure, reliable AI with governance and responsible AI standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, data scientists, and engineering teams; mentor colleagues.

Skills

Python development

Machine Learning

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG architectures

AI Agents

Vector search

MLOps pipelines

CI/CD automation

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

LangChain

APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline

Tools

AWS SageMaker

AWS Bedrock

AWS Lambda

AWS ECS

AWS EKS

AWS S3

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Our Story

Unum Technology Centre in Carlow serves as a strategic software development and IT services centre supporting Unum, a leading provider of income protection in the US. Our team of IT professionals build solutions and critical business applications to digitally transform the way we do business. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AI Engineer to help shape and deliver the next generation of AI-powered solutions across our organization. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies including Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Machine Learning, MLOps, and AWS cloud services, building scalable, secure, and production-ready AI solutions that drive meaningful business impact. As a senior member of the team, you will play a key role in designing AI architectures, developing intelligent applications, and establishing best practices that advance our AI capabilities across the enterprise.

The Role

• Design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale AI and Machine Learning solutions, including Generative AI and LLM-powered applications.
• Build AI solutions using modern architectures such as RAG, AI Agents, vector search, and enterprise knowledge assistants.
• Develop and optimize AI applications on AWS using services such as Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda, ECS/EKS, and S3.
• Lead the implementation of robust MLOps and LLMOps practices, including model deployment, monitoring, versioning, and lifecycle management.
• Design and develop APIs, integrations, and cloud-native services that enable AI capabilities across the business.
• Ensure AI solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with responsible AI and governance standards.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data scientists, and engineering teams while mentoring colleagues and promoting engineering best practice

What You Offer

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Machine Learning Engineering, AI Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proven experience delivering production AI and Machine Learning solutions in cloud environments.
• Strong Python development skills and experience with modern AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, LangChain, or similar technologies.
• Hands-on experience building Generative AI solutions, including LLMs, RAG architectures, AI Agents, or vector search technologies.
• Experience designing and supporting MLOps/LLMOps pipelines, CI/CD automation, and model lifecycle management.
• Strong AWS experience, including services such as SageMaker, Bedrock, Lambda, ECS/EKS, and S3.
• Experience with modern software engineering practices, including APIs, microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies such as Terraform or CloudFormation.

What We Offer

• IT Certifications & third level tuition reimbursement
• Work-life balance with flexible working arrangements (including hybrid) and initiatives in support of your well-being.
• Competitive compensation
• 25 days annual leave
• Paid health insurance
• Pension scheme
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Paid maternity/paternity/adoptive leave
• Reward programs
• An opportunity to engage with charity and community activities.

Company: Unum