Queen Square Recruitment
Artificial Intelligence Engineer
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New Exciting opportunity for the role of AI Engineer
Location: London/ Coventry, UK (2 to 3 days client office)
Contract Duration: 1 Year
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
The Role
Required experienced AI Expert Engineer with 10+ years of software engineering experience and strong expertise in .NET technologies, Kafka-based event-driven architectures, AI/ML solution development, and cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying enterprise-scale intelligent applications that leverage Generative AI, machine learning, distributed systems, and real-time data processing.
Candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable AI-powered solutions, drive innovation, and establish best practices for modern software architecture, integration, and automation.
Your Profile
Essential skills/experience:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering and enterprise application development.
- Proven experience delivering large-scale distributed systems and cloud-based applications.
- Strong expertise in C#,.NET Core/.NET Framework, ASP.NET Core, and Microservices Architecture.
- Demonstrated experience implementing AI/ML and Generative AI solutions in enterprise environments.
- Strong knowledge of software design patterns, clean architecture, and domain-driven design principles.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and solution design workshops.
- Experience working with globally distributed teams and complex enterprise ecosystems.
- Monitor production environments and troubleshoot complex issues across distributed systems.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security, governance, and responsible AI practices.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and recommend innovative solutions to improve business outcomes.
- Mentor junior and senior engineers and contribute to technical capability development across the organization.
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Desirable skills/experience:
AI & Generative AI
- Hands-on experience with OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, or similar LLM platforms.
- Experience building RAG solutions using vector databases.
- Knowledge of prompt engineering, AI agents, autonomous workflows, and conversational AI.
- Familiarity with LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, LangGraph, or equivalent orchestration frameworks.
- Experience with AI observability, model evaluation, and responsible AI practices.
- Understanding of machine learning lifecycle (MLOps) and model deployment strategies.
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###.NET Technologies
- Expert-level proficiency in C#, ASP.NET Core,.NET 6/7/8.
- Experience with Entity Framework Core, LINQ, Dependency Injection, and Web APIs.
- Strong understanding of multithreading, asynchronous programming, and performance optimization.
- Experience with gRPC, GraphQL, and distributed application design patterns.
Kafka & Event Streaming
- Extensive experience with Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry.
- Expertise in designing event-driven and asynchronous architectures.
- Knowledge of message serialization formats such as Avro, JSON, and Protobuf.
- Experience implementing fault-tolerant, high-throughput, low-latency streaming systems.
- Hands-on experience with event sourcing and CQRS patterns.
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