AI Engineer
* Leading UK Retailer
* London (Hybrid Working)
* 12 Months
* Inside IR35
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering next generation AI capabilities within a large scale retail environment.
Role Responsibilities
* Design and develop Agentic AI solutions capable of multi-step reasoning, planning, and autonomous action execution.
* Architect multi agent systems, orchestration patterns, and scalable AI microservices.
* Build AI applications using Python and Azure OpenAI technologies.
* Develop RAG architectures and integrate vector search solutions.
* Implement orchestration workflows using Semantic Kernel and LangGraph.
* Integrate enterprise systems, APIs, and tools using MCP and similar frameworks.
* Establish AI governance, security, safety, and responsible AI practices.
* Lead the implementation and deployment of AI services into production environments.
* Collaborate with architects, product teams, and business stakeholders to deliver AI driven solutions.
* Optimise performance, scalability, cost, and latency of LLM based applications.
Experience Required
* Proven experience designing and delivering production grade AI and Generative AI solutions.
* Strong expertise in Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Semantic Kernel, and LangGraph.
* Experience building multi agent architectures, RAG solutions, and complex orchestration workflows.
* Strong Python development skills with experience building scalable microservices.
* Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and AI tool integration frameworks.
* Experience with event driven architectures, REST APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, MLOps, and LLMOps.
* Solid understanding of vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, and relational/NoSQL databases.
* Experience defining AI governance frameworks, coding standards, and best practices.
* Ability to troubleshoot and support AI solutions in production environments
