Senior AI Engineer - Consulting

Job s: AI Engineering, AI/ML Solution Design, AWS, Agentic AI, Azure, CI/CD Tooling, Cloud Architecture Design, Cloud-native AI Platforms, Docker, GCP, Generative AI, Innovation Leadership, Kubernetes, Lang Chain, Llama Index, MLOps, MLflow, Orchestration Frameworks, RAG Pipelines, Stakeholder Management Senior AI Engineer - Consulting
Office location to choose from:
Glasgow, London or Manchester
Hybrid Working – 1-2 days per week in the office
60,000 - 80,000 + Benefits, Training & Bonus Package
Full Time | Permanent
Deerfoot Recruitment is supporting a leading global consultancy in the search for an AI Engineering Consultant / Senior Consultant to join its growing Data & AI practice. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced AI professional to help organisations design, build and scale enterprise-grade AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions.
The successful candidate will play a key role in bridging the gap between AI experimentation and real-world business adoption, delivering robust, scalable and responsible AI solutions across a range of high-profile client engagements. Key responsibilities will include:

• Designing and implementing end-to-end AI/ML solutions from development through to deployment and monitoring

• Building scalable Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions, including RAG pipelines and orchestration frameworks

• Implementing MLOps frameworks, governance and best practices

• Translating business requirements into cloud-native AI and data architectures across Azure, AWS and GCP

• Collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders to deliver measurable business value

• Supporting innovation initiatives, reusable assets, thought leadership and client proposals
Candidates should have strong experience in AI Engineering, MLOps and cloud-native AI platforms, alongside hands-on knowledge of technologies such as Lang Chain, Llama Index, MLflow, Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD tooling. Applicants will ideally demonstrate:

• Experience working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry

• A strong consulting mindset with experience engaging senior stakeholders

• Proven experience designing and delivering AI/ML solutions at scale

• Strong understanding of Generative AI, Agentic AI and modern AI engineering frameworks

• Experience with at least one major cloud platform including Azure, AWS or GCP
You need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years to be able to apply for this role.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking consultancy delivering innovative AI solutions for major enterprise clients, while benefiting from strong career progression, flexible hybrid working and an excellent package.
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