Senior AI Data Engineer

Near Tech Search ·neartechsearch.com

Location London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Salary GBP 80,000 - 100,000 / year
Type Full time
Level Senior
Source Shazamme
Data Engineering
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We're looking for a Senior AI Data Engineer to join a new team building the data infrastructure behind the AI capabilities of a leading compliance SaaS business serving global financial services.

You'll work across RAG, embeddings, vector databases, knowledge graphs and semantic data, helping build a greenfield AI data platform from the ground up.

What you'll do
  • Build and operate AI-ready data pipelines
  • Develop embedding and vector search infrastructure
  • Build production RAG pipelines for LLM applications
  • Implement and maintain knowledge graphs
  • Work with semantic models, JSON-LD and RDF
  • Build reliable, observable infrastructure for AI workloads
  • Work alongside ontologists and AI/data engineering teams
What we're looking for
  • Experience as an AI Data Engineer
  • Strong Python and data engineering skills
  • Production experience with RAG, embeddings and vector search
  • Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, pgvector or similar
  • Neo4j, Neptune, Jena or equivalent graph technology
  • JSON-LD, RDF, OWL or SKOS
  • AWS, Azure or GCP
Bonus: financial services / RegTech, ontology, DataOps or data contracts experience.

Interested? If you're an AI Data Engineer open to hearing about a genuinely greenfield opportunity, get in touch for a confidential conversation.

Message me directly and send through your CV!

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Who is hiring for the Senior AI Data Engineer role?
Near Tech Search is hiring for the Senior AI Data Engineer position, a Shazamme client. Apply directly on the employer's career site.
Where is the Senior AI Data Engineer job located?
The Senior AI Data Engineer role with Near Tech Search is based in London, GB.
What does the Senior AI Data Engineer role pay?
Near Tech Search lists the Senior AI Data Engineer role at GBP 80,000–100,000 per year.
Is the Senior AI Data Engineer role full-time or contract?
This is a full time position at Near Tech Search.
What experience level is the Senior AI Data Engineer role?
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