We are seeking a highly skilled AI Engineer to join our expanding team of AI Engineers focused on creating AI-driven solutions for onboarding and Know Your Customer (KYC) journeys.
AI Engineer (Junior - Senior)
Up to £650 - Depending on experience
Sheffield - 3 days per week in the office
emagine is a high-end professional services consultancy and solutions firm Specialising in providing business and technology services to the financial services sector, we power progress, solve challenges and deliver real results through tailored high-end consulting services and solutions.
We have created a culture of openness and integrity by building genuine and strong relationships and partnerships, enabling us to be uncompromising in our dedication in delivering the optimal service for our clients.
Our commitment is not just towards our clients but we aim to foster a positive and equitable working environment with our consultants and colleagues which stems from our core values: Confident, Dedicated, Responsible, Genuine.
We are seeking a highly skilled AI Engineer to join our expanding team of AI Engineers focused on creating AI-driven solutions for onboarding and Know Your Customer (KYC) journeys. This role is integral to one of the bank’s flagship AI programmes, aimed at enhancing the adoption of intelligent automation across the enterprise.
The team is well underway, about six months into delivery, as part of the Onboarding and Know Your Customer (OBKYC) Enabler Value Stream. This team collaborates closely with business, operations, and technology stakeholders to design scalable onboarding and KYC capabilities. The initiative focuses on digitising and modernising traditionally manual processes, supporting the bank’s Future State Architecture (FSA) and Digital Acceleration Programme.
The role's specifics involve close collaboration with Client Lifecycle Management (CLN), focusing on onboarding and due diligence activities. A key component of this effort is Dcret, an internal tool for document scanning and data extraction currently in the QA testing phase and expected to evolve into a platform supporting various journeys within the bank.
This position works in a complex, data-rich environment requiring effective orchestration across multiple user flows, as the existing team enhances product development and delivery.
Formal executive sponsorship of the initiative was established last year, to boost investment and strategic focus.
Main Responsibilities:
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Build production-ready ML models for content extraction and classification from image and text data sources.
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Design and develop Python/ML/OCR-based components within a secure, resilient architectural framework.
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Collaborate cross-functionally with business stakeholders, product managers, and engineers for iterative feature development and deployment.
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Engage in all phases of the product lifecycle, from prototyping and testing through to deployment and production support.
Key Requirements:
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Strong hands-on experience with Document AI and Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), including Generative AI and open-source models.
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Proven Python development experience, with a focus on ML, NLP, image processing, and OCR.
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Familiarity with frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, SpaCy, OpenCV, and Regex.
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Proven ability to deploy secure, production-grade code and APIs while ensuring cybersecurity and application resilience.
Nice to Have:
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Experience with PostgreSQL.
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Knowledge of Azure, particularly AKS, Azure CLI, DevOps pipelines, and virtual machines.
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Track record of contributing to high-release cadence teams.
Our people
In the role of a (AI Engineer), you will be a pillar in the engagement effort for assignments, all the way from business process consulting and problem definition to solution design, development and deployment. You will be pivotal to problem definition and discovery of the overall solution and guide teams on project processes and deliverables.
You will anchor business pursuit initiatives, client training and in-house capability building. You will have the opportunity to shape value-adding consulting solutions that enable our clients to meet the changing needs of the global landscape.
The ideal consultants will share our values and be aligned with our ways of working and as your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the project lifecycle, from strategy to implementation.
We pride ourselves on;
· Providing our people with a supportive culture, rooted in our values and driven by our purpose.
· Promoting a culture of inclusion, collaboration, well-being, and learning and development.
· Providing increased agility and flexibility within our hybrid working model
· Investing in employees’ growth through ongoing training and development
· Autonomy to take ownership of projects, making decisions and demonstrating individual expertise
· Providing an transparent performance and career management experience.
Our consultants are integral to delivering successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients’ most pressing business challenges, and build lasting value in disciplines such as:
· Solve sophisticated, ambiguous business, change and technology problems, bringing structure and meticulous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little strategic direction
· Build, develop and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C-suite by remaining highly attuned to client needs
· Drive, enable and support the business, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of emagine to our clients through opportunity identification/qualification, solution development/presentation
As an employee of emagine, you will experience a close-knit culture in which people stand side by side and where there is an emphasis on building close relationships.
We offer:
· A commitment to an accelerated career pathway, development, learning and networking
· Excellent compensation package
· Hybrid Working
· Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
· Professional growth within a diverse and global environment
Interested?
At emagine, we are committed to building an international and diverse team by embracing our different backgrounds.
If you are up to the challenge and would like to find out more, get in touch with us immediately, our internal recruitment team is always keen to hear from dynamic individuals that are looking to further their career and explore their full potential.
“emagine is an equal opportunity employer, and employment practices are based strictly on merit. It is the policy of the Company to give equal opportunity in employment regardless of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, religion or ethnic origin”
