AI Engineer

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Role overview

We are seeking a talented AI Engineer to join our Group AI Engineering team and help build the next generation of intelligent, autonomous systems across Sky. You'll work with cutting-edge AI technologies. From large language models to agentic frameworks, designing and delivering secure, scalable, and ethical AI solutions that make a tangible business impact. This is a hands‑on engineering role in a forward‑thinking team driving AI adoption at enterprise scale. You will work across the AI lifecycle, from experimentation and prototyping to production deployment, to deliver innovative solutions that transform customer experiences, optimise operations, and enable new business capabilities across the Group.

What you'll do

• AI Engineering & Solution Delivery: Design and deliver scalable, secure AI solutions using enterprise platforms, LLMs, APIs, automation, and low-code tools to achieve measurable outcomes.
• AI Lifecycle Ownership & Responsible AI: Own the AI lifecycle from data preparation and agent development to evaluation, deployment, and monitoring, applying responsible AI throughout.
• Standards, Governance & Reusable Assets: Develop standards, governance guardrails, templates, and reusable patterns that accelerate safe AI adoption across Sky.
• Low-Code AI Platform Expertise & Enablement: Provide expertise in enterprise low-code AI and automation platforms, translating capabilities and updates into practical guidance and reusable patterns.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration, Coaching & Culture Building: Collaborate across Sky and with partners, coach power users and citizen developers, and promote clear communication and knowledge sharing.
• Innovation, Leadership & Continuous Learning: Track emerging AI and low-code trends, drive innovation and efficiency, and develop skills through training, mentoring, and hands-on experience.

What you’ll bring

• Strong software development experience in Python, with an understanding of software engineering best practices, including testing, code quality and maintainability.
• Practical experience designing, developing and integrating software services, APIs and automation solutions.
• Experience delivering software across the development lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment and ongoing support.
• Demonstrable experience collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.

  Desirable skills and experience

  • Experience developing applications using TypeScript.
  • Understanding of AI governance and responsible AI principles, including relevant controls, standards and risk management practices.
  • Familiarity with modern AI architectures and technologies, including large language models (LLMs), retrieval augmented generation (RAG), vector databases and agent frameworks such as Strands, Google ADK, LangChain or LangGraph.

  Benefits and perks

  • Free Sky TV or NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema
  • Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution
  • Private healthcare with mental health support
  • Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance
  • Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect
  • Sharesave and Tech schemes
  • A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

  How you’ll work

  We’ve adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 2 days in the office per week.

  Your office base

  Watermark Livingston
  Sky Watermark is our central site for Livingston, sitting between Glasgow and Edinburgh. With vibrant office spaces, chill‑out areas, and an onsite canteen, it's a great place to work and connect.
  The nearest train station is Livingston North. A Sky shuttle bus runs between the station and campus every 20 minutes throughout the day. Plus, there's onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

  Or

  Osterley
  Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there's plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants