(INV) Senior Consultant, AI Engineer, AI&Data, UKI Northern Ireland
12 days ago
Belfast
At EY were all in to shape your future with confidence. Well help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. AI Engineer - Job Specification Location : Belfast or Derry/Londonderry Position Overview We are seeking a highly skilled AI Engineer with proven expertise in developing and deploying advanced machine learning and large language model (LLM) solutions that drive measurable business impact. This role requires hands-on experience building AI models and automation pathways across diverse use cases including finance forecasting energy optimization predictive maintenance supply chain planning and commercial transformation leveraging modern cloud-based AI platforms. Your client impact • Develop and deploy end-to-end machine learning models for complex business problems across forecasting optimization and prediction domains, • Build and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) for enterprise applications including document intelligence conversational AI and decision support systems, • Deep understanding of solving data science and AI enabled problems in supply chain finance commercial or operations domain or AI agents with reasoning capabilities using LLMs, • Adapt to a wide range of technical challenges across technologies to design a solution applicable to the business issue, • Translate business requirements into technical AI/ML features model selection architecture decisions, • Conduct exploratory data analysis and communicate insights, • Collaborate with data engineers architects and business analysts on integrated solutions, • Build feature engineering pipelines and automated data preparation workflows, • Design AI solutions for commercial transformation including pricing optimization customer segmentation and revenue management, • Develop scalable AI/ML pipelines on Databricks Azure Machine Learning and/or Snowflake platforms, • Contribute to proposals and technical assessments for new opportunities and internal knowledge transfer Essential Qualifications • Degree or equivalent certification in Computer Science Data Science Statistics Mathematics Engineering or related quantitative field Essential Criteria • Proven experience building and implementing LLM-based solutions (GPT Claude Llama Mistral or similar), • Hands-on experience with at least one of: Databricks (MLflow AutoML) Azure Machine Learning or Snowflake (Snowpark ML Cortex), • Understanding of natural language processing computer vision and recommender systems, • Strong programming skills in Python SQL and proficiency with ML libraries (scikit-learn pandas NumPy XGBoost LightGBM) Soft skills • Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset with attention to detail, • Ability to work independently and drive projects from ambiguous requirements, • Story telling with data and insights from the outputs, • Consulting skills supporting development of presentation decks and communication Desired Criteria Experience or knowledge covering at least one of the following areas: • Deep understanding of machine learning algorithms including supervised unsupervised and reinforcement learning approaches, • Strong proficiency in statistical modelling time-series forecasting and predictive analytics, • Experience with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow PyTorch Keras), • Knowledge of prompt engineering RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) and LLM fine-tuning techniques, • Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (eg Spark), • Knowledge of graph neural networks reinforcement learning or causal inference, • Experience with AI governance model risk management and regulatory compliance, • Finance Forecasting: Revenue prediction cashflow modelling financial planning risk modelling, • Energy Optimization: Load forecasting grid optimization demand response renewable energy prediction, • Predictive Maintenance: Equipment failure prediction anomaly detection remaining useful life estimation, • Supply Chain Planning: Demand forecasting inventory optimization logistics planning procurement analytics, • Commercial Transformation: Price optimization customer lifetime value churn prediction marketing mix modelling Preferred Qualifications Certifications such as: • Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional, • Azure AI Engineer Associate or Data Scientist Associate, • SnowPro Advanced: Data Scientist EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients people society and the planet while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data AI and advanced technology EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance consulting tax strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights a globally connected multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories. Required Experience: Senior IC Key Skills Apache Hive,S3,Hadoop,Redshift,Spark,AWS,Apache Pig,NoSQL,Big Data,Data Warehouse,Kafka,Scala Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1