Senior AI Engineer

**Our Story** Unum Technology Centre in Carlow serves as a strategic software development and IT services centre supporting Unum, a leading provider of income protection in the US. Our team of IT professionals build solutions and critical business applications to digitally transform the way we do business. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AI Engineer to help shape and deliver the next generation of AI-powered solutions across our organization. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies including Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Machine Learning, MLOps, and AWS cloud services, building scalable, secure, and production-ready AI solutions that drive meaningful business impact. As a senior member of the team, you will play a key role in designing AI architectures, developing intelligent applications, and establishing best practices that advance our AI capabilities across the enterprise. **The Role** * Design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale AI and Machine Learning solutions, including Generative AI and LLM-powered applications. * Build AI solutions using modern architectures such as **RAG, AI Agents, vector search, and enterprise knowledge assistants**. * Develop and optimize AI applications on AWS using services such as **Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda, ECS/EKS, and S3**. * Lead the implementation of robust **MLOps and LLMOps** practices, including model deployment, monitoring, versioning, and lifecycle management. * Design and develop APIs, integrations, and cloud-native services that enable AI capabilities across the business. * Ensure AI solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with responsible AI and governance standards. * Collaborate with business stakeholders, data scientists, and engineering teams while mentoring colleagues and promoting engineering best practice **What You Offer** * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline. * 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Machine Learning Engineering, AI Engineering, or a related technical field. * Proven experience delivering **production AI and Machine Learning solutions** in cloud environments. * Strong Python development skills and experience with modern AI/ML frameworks such as **PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, LangChain, or similar technologies**. * Hands-on experience building **Generative AI solutions**, including LLMs, RAG architectures, AI Agents, or vector search technologies. * Experience designing and supporting **MLOps/LLMOps pipelines**, CI/CD automation, and model lifecycle management. * Strong AWS experience, including services such as **SageMaker, Bedrock, Lambda, ECS/EKS, and S3**. * Experience with modern software engineering practices, including APIs, microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies such as Terraform or CloudFormation. #ijadv #LI-SF1 **#LI-Hybrid** #Hybrid **What We Offer** Our size and successful history in Carlow means we can offer you exceptional development and progression, supported by continual learning programs, IT Certifications & third level tuition reimbursement. We offer work-life-balance with flexible working arrangements (including hybrid) and initiatives in support of your well-being. Our attractive range of benefits and reward initiatives includes competitive compensation, 25 days annual leave, paid health insurance, pension scheme, annual performance-based bonus, paid maternity/paternity/adoptive leave, reward programs, and an opportunity to engage with charity and community activities. Company: Unum