Data & AI Engineer / Consultant

Role Overview

We are looking for a Data & AI Engineer / Consultant to design and deliver scalable data platforms, AI-driven solutions, and advanced analytics capabilities. This role combines hands-on engineering expertise with consulting and stakeholder engagement, enabling enterprise clients to accelerate their data & AI transformation journey.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data platforms (batch & real-time)
  • Develop ETL/ELT workflows for structured and unstructured data processing
  • Architect and implement modern data platforms (Data Lakes, Lakehouse, Warehouse solutions)
  • Build and deploy AI/ML models into production environments
  • Implement MLOps practices including CI/CD, model versioning, and monitoring
  • Integrate cloud-based data & AI services across enterprise ecosystems
  • Work with large datasets to enable predictive analytics and automation use cases
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
  • Ensure data quality, governance, security, and compliance standards
  • Develop dashboards and reports using BI tools (Power BI/Tableau)
  • Perform performance tuning and optimisation of data pipelines and platforms
  • Document architecture, designs, and operational procedures

Consulting & Client Engagement

  • Engage with business and technical stakeholders to define data strategies and solution architecture
  • Support solution design, pre-sales discussions, and proposal development
  • Drive best practices across data engineering, AI, and cloud adoption
  • Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Required Skills & Technologies (Must Have)

  • Strong experience in Python, SQL, PySpark
  • Hands-on with modern data platforms:
  • Databricks / Snowflake / Synapse / BigQuery
  • Experience with cloud platforms: Azure / AWS / GCP
  • Expertise in ETL tools: ADF, Airflow, dbt, Glue (any)
  • Knowledge of AI/ML frameworks: Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch
  • Experience with MLOps / CI-CD pipelines
  • Strong understanding of data modelling, data architecture, and data governance

Good to Have

  • Experience with Microsoft Fabric / Lakehouse architecture
  • Exposure to LLMs / Generative AI / RAG pipelines
  • Knowledge of streaming frameworks (Kafka, Spark Streaming)
  • Experience in containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Domain experience in Financial Services / Banking / Insurance

Key Outcomes / Impact

  • Deliver scalable data platforms enabling real-time decision-making
  • Drive AI-led automation to improve operational efficiency
  • Enable enterprise-wide data-driven transformation
  • Improve data quality, observability, and governance maturity
  • Location : India (Hybrid) / Offshore Delivery with UK/Global Clients
  • Experience : 5–10+ Years
  • Full-Time / Contract






    Simplex-Services, headquartered in Brighton, formed in 2014, specialises in information technology consulting and the implementation of IT services across all industries.

    Our agile, dynamic teams of IT and business strategy enablers allow us to cut across the limitations of large-scale organisations by delivering services and solutions with speed, precision and flexibility. With over 100 years of corporate experience amongst our founding members, we offer our clients immediate advice and tailored solutions to your strategy.
     
    With a fresh approach to IT and practical awareness that any solution needs to be end user-centric and aligned to a strategy, Simplex Services have the capabilities to resolve small- and large- scale projects, whether in-house or through smart source frameworks.