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AI Architect Principal AI Engineer

AI Architect Principal AI Engineer

Deloitte - Recruitment • London, England, UK
2 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Role: Principal AI Engineer - Lead Colleague AI Transformation (Financial Services)

Location: Central London Full Time Hybrid working 2/3 times per week from the office the rest from home

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: 6 Months initially

Daily Rate: Very competitive day rate Inside IR35


Overall Purpose of the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Principal AI Engineer to act as the technical right hand for the Automation & AI Practice accelerating the Colleague AI agenda. This pivotal role will transition the organisation from isolated AI experiments to a fully resourced governed and scalable AI delivery capability. You will seed in-house expertise to reduce vendor dependency mitigate key person risk and govern shadow AI usage across the business.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide hands-on technical leadership across Colleague AI initiatives including Sierra PoC and Claude roll-out owning architecture and design.
  • Drive the build of agentic AI solutions for Tribeless colleagues.
  • Consult on the broader Colleague AI backlog (complaint triage helpdesk assistant inbox routing QA/QC) ensuring solutions are fit for purpose secure low risk and cost-efficient amid consumption-based AI pricing.
  • Define and embed AI engineering standards reference architectures and reusable patterns collaborating with infrastructure teams to govern shadow AI usage.
  • Lead AI literacy and enablement across Digital and the wider business.
  • Mentor and uplift the Automation Practice team to diffuse AI capability and support transition to a permanent in-house AI Engineering Manager.
  • Represent the Automation & AI Practice in cross-functional forums translating AI strategy into delivery roadmaps and measurable outcomes.

Skills & Experience Required

  • Deep hands-on technical leadership experience at Principal/Lead level.
  • Strong expertise in Generative AI LLMs agentic architectures and multi-agent systems with proven production delivery in regulated environments (FS preferred).
  • Proven experience building agentic solutions using Microsoft Copilot Studio/Foundry AWS Bedrock/AgentCore and frameworks such as LangChain LangGraph CrewAI Strands.
  • Comfortable across Microsoft and AWS cloud ecosystems including LLM gateway/Bedrock patterns data residency SSO/OIDC federation and cost controls.
  • Experience with Claude/Anthropic OpenAI Microsoft Copilot families including MCP connectors skills and trade-offs.
  • Strong understanding of AI testing disciplines (accuracy hallucination bias prompt evaluations) and AI governance/risk (DPIA data classification FCA considerations).
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills able to engage from board-level to engineer-level.
  • Mentorship and capability-building mindset to strengthen the team and avoid key-person dependency.

Initial Areas of Focus & Benefits

  • Sierra PoC enhancing client NPS helpdesk demand deflection and colleague efficiencies.
  • Claude Roll-out boosting colleague productivity.
  • AI Enablement improving AI literacy and adoption across the business.
  • AI Citizen Development Framework accelerating solution time to market and reducing digital dependency.
  • Copilot Continuous Improvement driving ongoing colleague productivity gains.

If you are a visionary AI leader ready to shape the AI future and build sustainable scalable AI capabilities we want to hear from you.




Required Skills:

AI Architecture / Principal AI Engineer


Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1

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