AI Engineer

We've been helping our members save for their future and buy their own home since 1875. Join us and you'll play a big role in helping us to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation. It's a purpose that drives everything we do. And you can play your part too – join our Data Strategy team as an AI Engineer and help us build practical, secure and responsible AI solutions that make a real difference for our colleagues, customers and members. How You'll Make a Difference You'll design, build and embed AI capabilities that solve real business problems and support our transformation, data and AI ambitions. This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll work closely with business teams, architects, security, risk and data colleagues to take ideas from proof of concept through to scalable, well-governed solutions. What will you bring to the role?

• Hands-on experience of designing, building, maintaining and supporting AI solutions from end to end, in an enterprise environment.
• We're a Microsoft house, so you'll need Foundry and Copilot experience
• Strong technical capability in Python.
• Awareness of responsible AI, AI risk management, data protection, UK GDPR, security and compliance principles.
• Good problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn business challenges into practical AI or automation solutions.
• The confidence to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, explaining complex ideas clearly and collaboratively.
• Experience with cloud-based AI, analytics or engineering platforms; Databricks would be beneficial. And in return, you'll get the best from us:
• Hybrid working – 2 days per week in the office
• Annual bonus of up to 12% 
• Matched pension contributions up to 10% 
• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme  
• Colleague Mortgage and Saver products 
• 2 days' volunteering per year  We'll give you a place to belong with the support to learn, develop and shape a meaningful career. Why choose us? You'll be joining a truly purpose-focused culture which helped us win the Leading with Purpose award at the 2023 Business Culture Awards. This recognises how we've embedded our purpose with our colleagues, and the actions we've taken to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation. Why wait? Apply now We're devoted to creating a culture and workplace that is representative of the communities we serve. If you'd like to work with us but are unsure if you meet the full criteria for a role, please contact the recruiter so we can find out more about your skills and experience. We're committed to supporting you to be at your best - to discuss any reasonable adjustments we could make, please contact us on careers@leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk.