Lead Applied AI Engineer

6 Months

Hybrid between London, Bristol or Manchester

INSIDE IR35

£700-£750 per day

Change-IT are looking for a Lead AI Engineer to join a large central government organisation based in London.

This role is for 6 months initially, with possibility of extension. This role is INSIDE IR35, paying between £700-£750 per day dependent on experience.

Experience Required:

Proficiency in Python.

Working in dynamic environments and navigating ambiguity, prioritising ruthlessly where necessary

Have a humble attitude and an eagerness to help others with empathy

Passion for building products that augment human capabilities and improves citizens lives.

Experience with natural language processing, deep learning and generative AI.

Familiarity with tools for working with Large Language Models via API or in a local context (e.g. HuggingFace transformers).

An understanding of deploying and monitoring such systems in a cloud environment.

Strong software engineering skills with a focus on building production-ready systems

Experience within Central Government

Nice-to-Have Experience:

Building AI agents, or products that rely on AI agents Developing and working with tools and interfaces for AI applications (e.g. Anthropics Model Context Protocol) Training traditional Machine Learning and Deep Learning models Experience delivering applications to production Hands-on experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker. Experience designing software services with respect to infrastructure, considering dependencies like databases and message queues, cloud environments, and pre-existing services with which yours must collaborate. Supporting and enabling technical teams via upskilling, mentoring and conflict resolution. Owning outcomes end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done to ensure your team succeeds Explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences with clarity Proven ability to collaborate with non-engineering disciplines, such as design and user research, to plan and deliver work of provable value as part of a product team, including prioritising, breaking down and sequencing technical work to achieve the best possible outcomes. Experience of a variety of methods to enable you to very quickly become a subject matter expert in the areas you are assigned to investigate. Please follow the steps to apply and one of our screening team will be in touch should you profile match up to the experience highlighted. TPBN1_UKTJ