AI Engineer - London

AI Engineer - London - hybrid working Up to £51,000 + perm benefits We are seeking an AI Engineer to join an ambitious digital transformation programme focused on driving the adoption of Artificial Intelligence across a large and complex higher education environment.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about AI, automation and emerging technologies. You'll play a key role in identifying opportunities for AI-driven improvements, developing innovative solutions, and helping to define how AI is adopted across the organisation.

The Role Working within a newly established AI programme, you will help identify business challenges and design practical AI-powered solutions that automate manual processes, improve productivity and enhance user experiences.<br />You will work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to understand problems, develop proof of concepts, build AI solutions and collaborate with both internal and third-party development teams to deliver successful outcomes.<br />This position is focused on AI applications, intelligent agents and workflow automation rather than infrastructure or traditional software engineering.Key Responsibilities Design and develop AI-powered applications and automation solutions.<br />Build AI assistants, agents and copilots using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI and Power Platform technologies.<br />Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve operational efficiency.<br />Develop proof-of-concepts and rapidly prototype innovative AI solutions.<br />Create Python-based services, integrations and automation scripts to support AI initiatives.<br />Integrate AI solutions with existing enterprise systems and applications.<br />Apply prompt engineering, orchestration techniques and modern AI best practices.About You Around 2-3 years' experience in AI, automation, software development or a related technology discipline.<br />Experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio.<br />Exposure to Azure AI services and the wider Microsoft AI ecosystem.<br />Strong Python skills.<br />Experience developing automation and workflow solutions.<br />Understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs) and prompt engineering