Senior AI Engineer — Generative ML on Azure (6m Contract)

Tata Consultancy Services; Letterkenny; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health care

Life assurance

Laptop

Training resources

Discounts within Tata network

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Ireland is seeking a senior software engineer to play a hands-on role in developing, enhancing and supporting AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions for a leading UK higher education organisation. You will use Python and cloud-based AI technologies to deliver reliable components in line with requirements.

The role involves building ML capabilities, training and evaluating models, developing Python services and APIs, and guiding junior developers through

Qualifications

• 6-9 years of relevant software engineering experience with strong hands-on Python development.
• Practical experience developing Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions.
• Experience with Scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch and LLM-based application development.
• REST API development, data processing libraries, Git, CI/CD, unit testing and performance optimisation.
• Strong analytical, communication and Agile delivery skills with the ability to work independently within defined standards.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure AI services and experience with retrieval-augmented generation, prompt engineering and production monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI components from approved requirements and technical specifications.
• Build, train, evaluate and optimise Machine Learning models using approved datasets and development standards.
• Develop Python services, APIs, automation components and reusable modules, including prompt and retrieval workflows.
• Perform data preparation, feature engineering, model validation, unit testing, debugging and defect resolution.
• Support deployment, monitoring and production issue resolution; maintain technical documentation and guide junior developers through peer reviews.

Skills

Python development

Machine Learning

Generative AI

LLM-based applications

REST API development

Azure AI

CI/CD

Data processing

Tools

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services in Ireland is seeking a senior software engineer to play a hands-on role in developing, enhancing and supporting AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions for a leading UK higher education organisation. You will use Python and cloud-based AI technologies to deliver reliable components in line with requirements.

The role involves building ML capabilities, training and evaluating models, developing Python services and APIs, and guiding junior developers through