Senior Principal AI Engineer

Work model: hybrid – 2-3 days per week onsite

Salary: £90 000 - £120 000 + 10-15% bonus

Start date: ASAP but can be flexible depending on individual notice period

One of our partners, a global consulting business is seeking a Senior Principal AI Engineer to lead the design and delivery of cutting-edge, production-grade AI solutions across complex client environments.

This is an exciting opportunity to build a capable team from the ground up and also remain hands-on in turning real business challenges into scalable, secure, and responsible AI systems.

Consultancy industry experience is not a must but the type of profile that would excel in this role, is someone who is comfortable in a client facing role and can provide advice through the discovery phase, do demos and work with clients through their capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end AI/ML systems—from ML to generative AI
• Create robust, production-ready pipelines (data ingestion, modelling, deployment, monitoring)
• Implement MLOps best practices including CI/CD, versioning, automated retraining, and rollback
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and high-performing in real-world environments
• Define AI architectures aligned to client needs and long-term sustainability
• Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies (LLMs, GenAI, vector databases) where they add real value
• Act as a trusted advisor, guiding trade-offs and implementation strategies
• Mentor engineers and data scientists through hands-on guidance and reviews

What You Bring

• Strong software engineering foundation (Python essential)
• Proven track record delivering production AI/ML systems
• Hands-on experience with frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, or scikit-learn
• Solid understanding of MLOps and model deployment
• Experience working with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP)

If this fits your experience and skill set, please apply for immediate consideration.