Technology Specialist - AI

Salary: £70,000 - 110,000 per year

Requirements:

• Experience designing and implementing AI-enabled solutions within enterprise or innovation environments
• Strong hands-on experience with modern AI technologies including Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic AI systems, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI orchestration frameworks, prompt engineering and evaluation techniques, and emerging generative AI architectures and tooling
• Ability to contribute effectively to technical engagements with clients and senior stakeholders
• Experience assessing existing technical solutions and contributing to solution architectures and AI adoption approaches
• Good software engineering skills, with hands-on experience in Python and modern AI development frameworks
• Experience integrating AI capabilities into enterprise systems, APIs, workflows and cloud-native architectures
• Understanding of AI governance, security, scalability, safety and responsible AI considerations
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to a wide range of audiences
• Experience developing prototypes, technical demonstrations and innovation showcases
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving innovation environments
• Experience contributing to business development, technical bids or innovation programmes would be highly desirable
• Experience working across sectors such as manufacturing, infrastructure, digital twins, smart systems or industrial transformation would be beneficial but not essential

Responsibilities:

• Support technical discovery and solution assessment activities with clients across AI and digital transformation projects
• Evaluate existing systems, architectures and data environments to identify opportunities for AI integration, optimisation and innovation
• Contribute to the design of scalable AI solution architectures leveraging technologies such as LLMs, agentic AI, RAG pipelines, orchestration frameworks, knowledge systems and multimodal AI
• Participate in technical conversations with clients and partners, helping translate complex AI concepts into practical business outcomes
• Support business growth activities by contributing technical expertise to proposals, innovation bids, client workshops and strategic engagements
• Develop demonstrators, prototypes and proof-of-concepts showcasing emerging AI capabilities and solution approaches
• Collaborate with software engineers, data specialists and solution architects to ensure solutions are technically robust, scalable, secure and aligned with operational requirements
• Stay up to date with emerging AI technologies, tools and frameworks, evaluating their relevance and applicability to industry challenges
• Produce technical collateral, architecture documentation and implementation recommendations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Contribute technical expertise within multidisciplinary project teams

Technologies:

• Agentic AI
• AI
• Cloud
• Support
• Python
• RAG
• Security
• LESS

More:

We are Digital Catapult, and we are looking for a Technology Specialist in AI to join our team of experts applying cutting-edge AI technologies to real-world industry challenges. This is a client-facing technical role focused on helping organisations understand, adopt and implement next-generation AI capabilities across innovation and business growth projects. We offer a competitive benefits package, including 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and 3 days between Christmas and New Year, double-matched pension up to 10% of salary, discretionary company bonus, hybrid working with offices to work from 2 days per week, life insurance, learning and development opportunities, and a range of wellbeing, lifestyle and discount benefits. We are in the UKs Top 100 Best Workplaces and placed in the UKs Best Workplaces in Tech and Large Organisations. We are a Disability Confident Committed Level 1 Employer and we value equality, diversity and inclusion, with employee-led affinity groups, social events, volunteering activities, and a vibrant culture where all voices are heard. The role is full time and based within our Operations and Customer Delivery, Software Engineering & Data Services team.

last updated 36 week of 2026