Senior AI Engineer
PA ConsultingBelfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Posted January 23, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
PA Consulting is a global consulting firm that combines strategic thinking, customer-centric service design, and agile engineering practices to accelerate innovation in a tech-driven world.
Job Description
PA Consulting is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to join their Digital & Data team. The role involves working on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors, with a focus on emerging AI tools and technologies. The team operates globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.
Requirements
- Software engineers with a passion for AI
- Data scientists who've embraced engineering
- Experimenting, prototyping, and exploring emerging AI tools in personal time
- Strong foundation in a language suited to AI system development and data workflows
- Experience integrating models with APIs, data sources, or production systems
- Curiosity about LLMs, RAG pipelines, and agent frameworks
- Understanding of cloud-native and DevOps / DevSecOps practices
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to share, learn, and teach
- Understanding of prompt and context engineering and model evaluation
- Solid grasp of distributed systems, microservices, and RESTful APIs
- An understanding of LLMOps tools for managing GenAI workflows
Benefits
- Health and lifestyle perks
- Private healthcare for you and your family
- 25 days annual leave
- Bonus half day on Christmas Eve
- Opportunity to buy 5 additional days
- Generous company pension scheme
- Annual performance-based bonus
- PA share ownership
- Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)