Principal AI Data Engineer

Principal AI Data EngineerCertain Advantage is hiring for a Principal AI Data Engineer based in London.This role is an initial contract until the end of the year and is hybrid, requiring 3 days per week onsite in London.You'll be responsible for:\n

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• Developing AI, GenAI and Agentic AI prototypes using Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Databricks Mosaic AI and MLflow.
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• Building, optimising and evaluating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions using prompt engineering and embedding models.
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• Designing and deploying AI agents using frameworks including LangChain, LangGraph and AutoGen.
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• Delivering production-ready GenAI applications for commercial teams within Trading & Supply.
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• Building scalable AI workflows on Databricks using Mosaic AI, MLflow, Genie and AgentBricks.
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• Applying DevOps best practices through CI/CD pipelines, GitHub workflows and automated testing.
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• Designing evaluation frameworks to benchmark, test and improve GenAI system performance and reliability.
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The Individual\n

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• Strong expertise with Databricks, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, DLT and MLflow.
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• Deep knowledge of Large Language Models including GPT, Llama, Claude and Mistral.
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• Experience building and deploying GenAI, RAG and Agentic AI solutions in enterprise environments.
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• Strong programming skills in Python, SQL and/or Scala.
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• Experience with Azure cloud technologies including Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Foundry.
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• Knowledge of Spark Structured Streaming, Autoloader and modern data engineering practices.
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• Experience with ETL/ELT, data modelling and scalable data architectures.
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• Familiarity with Azure Data Factory, Qlik Replicate and data ingestion pipelines.
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