Data Engineer Location: Remote with occasional travel to head office in Wales Reports to: Chief Technology Officer Salary Range: £50-60k The Company: A highly innovative AI start-up that uses advanced natural language processing and AI methodologiesSimilar to the adaptive nature of ChatGPT, their Large Language Model showcases temporal dynamics honed over five years of research & developmentContinuously learning and updating, their model provides real-time information and proactive strategy recommendations, setting a standard for accuracy and responsivenessThe end product is a software platform that captures, refines, and delivers highly intuitive information on demand, precisely where how and when it is needed by the userThe Opportunity: The company is a start-up with a phenomenal track record of growth since launch. They have already secured relationships with many top tier brands in their field.We need a Data Engineer to work closely with our data scientists, assisting them in the production ready implementation of exploratory work in AI, ML and NLP, and with our software engineers in the integration of our AI tools and services into the customer facing product. The Data Engineer will work with a high degree of autonomy to propose and develop solutions to difficult problems in the hosting, retrieval and distribution of large volumes of data and documents. We make real products for real users, and the ability to produce maintainable, production ready code would have a huge impact on the success of the business. The Role: Implementing work carried out within a research and development scope in a production ready environmentImplement production ready data pipeline, storage and retrieval systems across a hybrid cloud solutionCollaborate with data scientists and software engineers to ensure the integration of NLP solutions into existing data pipelines and systemsWork closely with product managers and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutionsWork closely with Data Scientists and Software engineers to develop and implement intelligence platform APIs and systemMaintaining and developing MLOPs solutions for the deployment and maintainability of intelligence systemsThe Candidate: Production level python experience with applicable matching learning libraries nltkspacyscikit-learntransformerssentence-transformersExperience with Node.js for API developmentExperience working with a variety of data storage solutions include S3, Elastic Stack, SQL, and Graph DatabasesExperience with high volume data throughput pipelines such as Apache KafkaExperience with Containerisation and related technologies – Docker, KubernetesKnowledge of Microservices architecture patternsExperience with Software Engineering practices including:Git version controlTest Driven DevelopmentAgile practicesThe ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and self-initiativeThe ability to communicate ideas and processes across project stakeholdersThe Culture: We are a remote friendly organisation open to candidates from across the UK, but at least some time each month will be required in our Wales head office to foster relationships and collaboration. We can offer flexible hours around family or healthcare commitments as we our primarily outcome based. We encourage growth and learning at every opportunity with dedicated time for training and professional development, and funding and support available for training and education.