Senior Ai Engineer – Generative Ai & Machine Learning

Senior Ai Engineer – Generative Ai & Machine Learning

Metrica Recruitment | Greater London, ENG, GB

Posted 5 days ago

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Description

We are working with a global professional services organisation delivering complex technology and transformation programmes for major international clients. You’ll join a specialist AI and engineering environment in London, working across client engagements and internal teams. The role offers hybrid flexibility, senior stakeholder exposure and the opportunity to shape high-impact Generative AI solutions across data-rich and regulated industries.


The Role


As a Lead AI Engineer, you’ll combine deep technical expertise with senior client engagement to solve complex business problems through Generative AI and machine learning. You’ll shape AI strategies, lead end-to-end engineering delivery and influence how production systems are designed, evaluated, secured and operated. Your scope will span LLMs, RAG, generative architectures, MLOps/LLMOps and cloud platforms, while working closely with technical teams, business stakeholders and leadership. You’ll also help strengthen reusable engineering practices and guide cross-functional AI teams.



  • Lead the design and delivery of production-grade AI and Generative AI solutions.

  • Shape AI strategies with senior stakeholders and align technology with business goals.

  • Design scalable pipelines covering data, models, evaluation and secure deployment.

  • Oversee LLM, diffusion and other generative model development and operationalisation.

  • Establish evaluation, security and responsible AI guardrails for production systems.

  • Mentor cross-functional teams and influence reusable AI engineering standards.


Benefits and Perks


You’ll join an inclusive, flexible environment that values technical expertise, wellbeing and meaningful professional impact. The role is London-based with hybrid working and exposure to varied international client projects.



  • London-based hybrid working across office, remote, virtual collaboration and client environments.

  • Flexible working designed to support career commitments and home life.

  • Access to varied international client projects and complex AI transformation challenges.

  • Technical and personal development through complex delivery and collaboration with experienced specialists.

  • Opportunities to lead, influence and shape AI engineering capability at scale.


Requirements


You’ll bring strong technical depth alongside the ability to influence senior stakeholders and delivery teams.


Must-Have



  • Expert Python skills with strong experience across PyTorch, TensorFlow and modern AI frameworks.

  • Hands-on expertise with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, vector databases and generative architectures.

  • Production experience across AI/ML deployment, evaluation, security and MLOps/LLMOps.

  • Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP and enterprise-scale AI environments.

  • Strong stakeholder communication, technical leadership and team management experience.


Nice-to-Have



  • Experience in regulated or data-rich sectors such as financial services or healthcare.

  • LangChain, LangGraph or comparable open-source Generative AI tooling.

  • SQL, Spark or Hadoop experience, plus relevant cloud AI certifications.

  • Patents, publications or meaningful open-source contributions demonstrating AI thought leadership.


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