AI & ML Engineer- Manchester

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking AI & ML Engineers to work for our client in the banking sector. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract opportunity based in Manchester.

Our client is building and running AI/ML solutions on GCP and is looking for AI & ML Engineers to take models from development into production. The work covers transformer-based models, agent-based and RAG solutions, and scalable model serving and monitoring. It will suit engineers who enjoy both building models and running them reliably and cost-efficiently in production.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and fine-tune AI/ML models using Python and PyTorch, including transformer-based architectures.
• Develop agent-based solutions using agent architectures such as ReAct.
• Build RAG solutions, working with cloud databases and data retrieval components.
• Package and serve models using Docker containers and KServe/Vertex endpoints on GCP.
• Manage feature and model registries, and build CI/CD pipelines for model training and deployment.
• Implement model monitoring and drift detection to keep models performing in production.
• Release models safely using canary and shadow deployments and A/B testing.
• Optimise infrastructure costs and performance through autoscaling and GPU scheduling.

• Strong Python and PyTorch experience.
• An understanding of transformer architecture and agent architectures such as ReAct.
• Experience with RAG.
• GCP knowledge, plus experience with Docker and cloud databases.
• Experience serving models through containers and KServe/Vertex endpoints.
• Experience with feature and model registries, CI/CD, model monitoring and drift detection.
• Experience with autoscaling, GPU scheduling, canary and shadow deployments, and A/B testing.