Senior Data & AI Engineer - Hybrid (London) – LLMs, RAG, Azure, Databricks
Summary
Build and deploy production-grade AI systems, including LLM and RAG applications, on Azure and Databricks for a professional services firm.
We have partnered with a leading professional services firm that are building out their internal AI capability. They’re looking for a Senior Data & AI Engineer to design and deliver the systems powering their transformation.
You’ll join a small, high‑impact team and build the core platform used across Tax, Audit, Advisory, Ops, and Leadership
Main Responsibilities
- Design, build and deploy production‑grade AI systems - from ingestion pipelines to LLM applications
- Develop and maintain reliable data pipelines & lakehouse infrastructure supporting analytics and AI workloads
- Own technical decisions across the stack - data modelling, retrieval patterns, evaluation frameworks, deployment approaches
- Run discovery with business teams to understand workflows, gather requirements and scope high‑impact AI solutions
- Partner with stakeholders across service lines as a trusted advisor, shaping point solutions that deliver measurable value
- Raise engineering standards - testing, observability, CI/CD discipline, mentoring others, and driving operational excellence
You’ll Bring
- Hands-on experience building LLM-powered and RAG applications
- Solid understanding of data engineering foundations (ETL/ELT, data modelling)
- Business-facing approach, strong ability to act as the bridge between business and technology
- Experience with Databricks or equivalent Lakehouse platforms
Location: London (3 days on-site)