AI Engineer - Stockton Tees

AI Engineer - Stockton On Tees - Up to £35,000 4 Days out of 5 Work from home

About us - We're a growing IT Solutions and Services company based in the Tees Valley, helping organisations get more from their technology. As AI becomes central to what we deliver, we're building out our capability from the ground up and we need the right person to help shape it. The role - As our AI Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of how we adopt and implement artificial intelligence across our services and internal operations.

You won't be handed a rigid brief, you'll have the autonomy to bring your own thinking and take real ownership of outcomes. We want someone who'll help define how AI is embedded into our business. Your ideas will be heard, your decisions will matter, and your work will have real, visible impact from day one.
* Design, develop and deploy AI-powered solutions tailored to client and business needs
* Evaluate and recommend AI tools, frameworks and approaches that fit our stack
* Collaborate with technical and non-technical colleagues to identify where AI can add value
* Contribute to implementation strategies and see them through from concept to delivery
* Stay current with developments in AI and bring fresh ideas to the team
* Help establish best practices, standards and documentation as we grow What we're looking for
- * Solid experience working with AI/ML frameworks (e.g. Lang Chain, OpenAI API, Hugging Face, Tensor Flow, PyTorch)
* Comfortable writing production-ready code - Python particularly valued
* Understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG pipelines or similar AI architectures
* Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly to non-technical stakeholders
* A proactive mindset - someone who spots opportunities and takes initiative
* Experience in an IT services, software, or consultancy environment is a bonus What you'll get
- * Up to £35,000 salary depending on experience
* Genuine autonomy - your ideas won't get lost in committee
* 4 days working from home, 1 day in our Stockton-on-Tees office
* A supportive, collaborative team that wants to grow alongside you
* The chance to shape an AI function from an early stage