Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 days ago
Sheffield
AI Engineer Reporting to: Transformation Director Location: Remote Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent Role Summary We are seeking a creative and skilled AI Engineer to help drive Unlinks mission of transforming justice services through advanced AI and machine learning. You will work on meaningful, high-impact projects—like predictive analytics for offender risk, behavioural monitoring, secure communications enhancement, and operational optimization—ensuring that AI is applied ethically, transparently, and effectively. Key Responsibilities • Design, build, and deploy AI and machine learning models tailored to justice technology and secure environments., • Collaborate with product, engineering, and domain experts to understand operational challenges and translate them into AI-driven solutions. -Predictive analytics for offender risk and rehabilitation progress. -Behavioural analytics (e.g., detecting self-harm risk via AIM). -Intelligent workflow automation for case management systems. • Develop and optimize robust data pipelines, ensuring privacy and compliance with strict security standards., • Continuously improve model accuracy, fairness, interpretability, and scalability., • Stay up to date with research and recommend innovations that align with Unlinks vision and the sensitive nature of justice services. Person Specification Must-Have: • Degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or equivalent experience., • Strong Python skills, with experience in ML libraries like TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn., • Solid understanding of ML principles, algorithms, and their deployment in production., • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)., • Experience in domains such as NLP, behaviour analytics, MLOps, or secure communications., • Knowledge of ethics, bias mitigation, and fairness in AI., • Familiarity with justice technology, corrections, or secure IT systems., • Contributions to AI research or open-source projects.