Colibri Digital

Senior Applied AI Engineer

Colibri Digital  •  Remote  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

Senior Applied AI Engineer

Department: Services

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Remote, UK

Description

As trusted partners of AWS and Databricks, we help organisations design, build and scale intelligent systems that deliver measurable business outcomes. We lead from the front in Generative and Applied AI adoption — guiding clients from uncertainty to confident, production-grade delivery.

We are looking for a talented Senior Applied AI Engineer where you will own the outcomes of an engagement or workstream: defining success, measuring business impact, and managing delivery and technical risk.

You will design AI and GenAI systems end-to-end, guide other engineers, and act as a trusted technical contact for clients.

The role is remote based in UK with the occasional travel to company events.

Key Responsibilities

  • Delivery & impact: Own workstream and engagement outcomes; define success, measure business impact, and balance technical debt, speed and scalability.
  • AI & engineering craft: Design AI systems end-to-end across the lifecycle; make and justify key trade-offs; evaluate model performance beyond simple accuracy.
  • Collaboration: Explain AI concepts, trade-offs and limitations to technical and non-technical clients; lead code reviews; resolve technical disagreements constructively.
  • Growth & capability: Mentor engineers; contribute reusable components, accelerators and best practice; continuously improve how the team delivers.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • Proven track record delivering AI models, systems and products to production in a consultancy or AI-driven product organisation.
  • Strong programming (Python and the wider tech stack), system design and testing methodologies.
  • Experience integrating models / LLMs and deploying on cloud platforms (AWS and/or Databricks), with solid CI/CD practice.
  • Able to own delivery, manage stakeholders, and guide other engineers with confidence.

Desirable

  • Depth in a speciality: GenAI/ML (RAG, agentic workflows), Data Science, Data Engineering, Product/Full-Stack, or Platform/MLOps.
  • AWS and/or Databricks certifications; experience of responsible-AI and production monitoring.

Benefits

  • Remote-first working with flexibility around client needs.
  • Private Medical Insurance.
  • Opportunity to work on meaningful AI projects across multiple industries.
  • A collaborative culture focused on learning, excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Competitive salary with clear progression pathways.
Colibri Digital

About Colibri Digital

Colibri Digital is at the frontier of AI, Big Data and Cloud Computing. Founded by James Cross in 2013, and part of the Nasstar Group since 2023, the company works to help its clients navigate the rapidly changing and complex world of emerging technologies, transforming their clients challenges of today, into tomorrow’s opportunities. Working with some of the world’s largest and most prestigious companies, including a tier 1 investment bank, a leading management consultancy group, and one of the world’s most popular soft drinks companies, Colibri helps them better make sense of their data providing the foundation for groundbreaking change.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Welwyn, GB
Year Founded
2013
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