AI Consultant

Senior AI Consultant – AI Transformation

This role is for a strong senior engineer / tech lead who can bring AI into delivery teams in two ways: using AI tooling to improve engineering productivity across whole teams, and building products and platforms that incorporate AI/LLM features safely and pragmatically.

• Work hands‑on within multidisciplinary teams to design and deliver AI‑enabled software.
• Help clients make the right calls on where AI adds value and where it does not.
• Use, advise on, and develop AI‑related features such as intelligent search, RAG, summarisation, context management, AI agents, large‑model tuning and fine‑tuning, token‑usage forecasting, vector databases, and AI‑enhanced SDLC practices.
• Set teams up for sustainable success through strong engineering practices (testing, CI/CD, observability, quality), clear system boundaries, maintainable architecture, secure deployment patterns for AI components at scale, and performance‑monitoring via evaluations.
• Coach and upskill client engineers on pragmatic, safe adoption of AI tools and techniques.
• Keep yourself and your team up‑to‑date on the latest AI techniques and technology.
• Contribute to Softwire’s internal capability building: patterns, accelerators, reusable approaches and a culture of learning by building.

• Senior‑level engineering capability with a proven track record of building and shipping production software.
• Technical leadership experience guiding architectural decisions, setting standards, and ensuring scalable delivery.
• Practical experience applying AI in real teams, both as tooling and as product features.
• Strong engineering fundamentals: automated testing, CI/CD hygiene, code‑review practices, clean boundaries, observability and operational readiness.
• Comfort with AI uncertainty and risk: designing for predictable behaviour, graceful degradation, safeguards, and clear communication of limitations.
• Ability to bridge business needs with technical approaches and act as a trusted advisor to clients.

Base salary £67,700 – £88,700, depending on background and experience. Average profit share £8,500 – £15,250 with additional benefits: 25 days annual leave (with option to buy and sell), pension 5% of salary, free annual eye test, opt‑in health insurance, cycle‑to‑work scheme, payroll charity donations, and time off for company‑wide morale and charitable activities.

Softwire is a leading UK technology and strategy consultancy, helping organisations turn strategic ambitions into results  focus on AI transformation, data platforms, systems engineering, advanced CX, and experience design. Our company culture values trust, simplicity, and kindness, and we were recently voted the number 1 company to work for in the UK.

Softwire operates a transparent pay scale and a profit‑share scheme based on role and overall company performance.