Senior Applied AI Engineer

Senior/Staff Applied AI Engineer We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established, globally recognised technology business operating in the commerce and payments space. Trusted by some of the world's largest retailers and e-commerce platforms, they've spent over a decade building technology that solves hard problems at scale and have developed genuine credibility in their field. What the role involves You'll embed with teams across the non-technical side of the business and take ownership of their AI transformation; identifying where AI creates the most leverage, building solutions that change how those teams actually work, and measuring the impact over time. You'll own each initiative end to end; running discovery with senior stakeholders, scoping and shipping solutions, driving adoption and iterating on what you learn. Alongside the build work, you'll act as a trusted AI advisor to the leaders you work with, developing their capability and fluency as you go. It's a role with real executive visibility, broad scope, and the kind of autonomy that's hard to find at an established business of this size. What we're looking for * 5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production systems * Proven experience working alongside non-technical teams to deliver meaningful, technology-driven change * Strong product instincts; you think in terms of adoption and outcomes rather than technical elegance for its own sake * Confident communicator across all levels of seniority * Genuine passion for LLMs, prompt engineering and AI application patterns including RAG and agentic workflows * Comfortable building your own priorities from scratch in ambiguous environments Hybrid, London.