AI Engineer

Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Contract 6+ Months

AI Engineer

Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires an experienced AI Engineer to be based at their client's office in Sheffield, UK.

This is a hybrid role - you can work remotely in the UK and attend the Sheffield office 2 days per week .

This is a 6+ month temporary contract to start asap

Day rate: Competitive Market rate

This position falls under the client's Group Data Technology space. The key focus is on creating connections between business processes, data, products, services, and technology that underpin customer interactions and drive financial success. The team provides a single comprehensive data cataloguing solution across multiple business units.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work on functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, and defining support procedures, in collaboration with an advanced engineering team and executive leadership
  • Articulate and document the solutions architecture and lessons learned for each exploration and accelerated incubation
  • Conduct assessments of the AI for a given use case and come up with recommendations and alternate ways to achieve the objectives

Key Requirements

Essential:

  • Proven experience of Chat Bot development using below listed technologies (Mandatory)
    • Python, PyCharm, Numpy, Pandas
    • Experience with ML, deep learning, TensorFlow, Python, NLP
    • MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, RDBMS design and modelling
    • GitHub, Jenkins
    • Data modelling, Data wrangling and extraction
  • Experience in developing classification algorithms and data preparation
  • Must have experience in either one or more of the expertise areas like Image processing, text extraction, clustering, classification and embedding models
  • Must have experience on developing Drift detection and Model monitoring implementation, good to have experience with AgentEvals for Large Language Models

Desirable:

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering or related field
  • 5-7 years of experience in architecting, positioning and delivering data science and machine learning
  • Experience with Supervised and Unsupervised learning algorithms, good to have experience on Classification algorithms
  • Experience with Document Type classifier, Pattern matching and PII identification
  • Hands on experience in model training, drift detection and feature generation
  • Expertise in Agile and can work with at least one of the common frameworks
  • Ability to identify network attacks and systemic security issues as they relate to threats and vulnerabilities, with focus on recommendations for enhancements or remediation
  • Dev-ops and application security & data security experience
  • Securing highly available Internet banking application
  • Knowledge of client side applications and micro services architecture
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences
  • Build effective networks across business areas, developing relationships based on mutual trust and encouraging others to do the same
  • Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools

Good To Have Skills:

  • Computer Vision problem solution, Advanced pattern matching
  • PII identification and extraction
  • Document type classifiers
  • Standardised form matcher

Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately we cannot respond to everyone.

If you do not hear back from us within 7 days of sending your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

Please do keep an eye on our website https://projectrecruit.com/jobs/for future roles.

Employment Business: Project Recruit
Ref: JS-10298233
Posted: 22 Oct 2025 14:43


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🤖 AI Analysis (Score: 6/10)

Analysis Summary:

1. The job description for the AI Engineer position emphasizes essential qualifications in artificial intelligence, technical skills in programming (especially Python), and relevant experience in the AI domain. The candidate, John Critchley, possesses an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and has extensive experience as a Python developer and data engineer, which aligns well with the technical requirements. His background in automation, CI/CD, and data-centric systems is also relevant to the role. However, the job description does not specify the need for extensive cloud experience or specific AI frameworks, which could be a potential area of concern. 2. Key gaps affecting John Critchley's selection chances include a lack of direct experience in AI-specific projects or frameworks, which may be critical for an AI Engineer role. While he has a strong background in Python and data engineering, the job may require more specialized knowledge in machine learning algorithms and AI model deployment than what is evident in his CV. Additionally, the job description may prioritize candidates with experience in AI applications beyond automation and data processing, which are the main focus of John's previous roles. Score: 6

Model Used:
gpt-4o-mini
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2025-10-24T18:33:05.725333