Senior AI/ML Research Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy large-scale machine learning systems into production using modern engineering practices.
• Build and maintain core ML infrastructure, including pipelines for feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and monitoring.
• Automate the full AI/ML lifecycle, covering data ingestion, experimentation, tuning, and visualization.
• Collaborate with product, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to convert business requirements into scalable, reusable ML solutions.
• Contribute to innovation by staying up to date with emerging AI/ML technologies and supporting knowledge sharing across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software development and machine learning engineering.
• Strong expertise in designing large-scale machine learning architectures and systems.
• Advanced Python programming skills and experience with frameworks like JavaScript, Kafka, or reactive systems.
• Extensive experience with Azure AI/ML services and cloud-based data platforms.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes for application deployment, scaling, and monitoring.
• Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design, automation, and maintenance.
• Hands-on experience with data engineering tools such as Spark, Databricks, and SQL/NoSQL databases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building GenAI solutions using LangChain and Azure OpenAI.
• Development of enterprise-grade RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems and multi-agent orchestration.
• Experience delivering Text-to-SQL solutions and natural language interfaces.
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Helm.
• Experience with AWS or GCP ML platforms (e.g., SageMaker, Vertex AI).
• Familiarity with front-end (React) or backend (.NET/C#) development.

About the Company

Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and legal services. This role sits within the Data & AI organisation, focusing on delivering cutting-edge GenAI and machine learning solutions for enterprise clients.