Staff Applied AI Engineer

Staff Applied AI Engineer

Salary : Circa £130K

Location : London

This is a great job for someone who:

Is an experienced applied AI or software engineer who enjoys deep, hands‑on delivery and wants to stay on an individual contributor path rather than move into line management.

You may already be designing and operating complex AI‑enabled systems and are ready to take end‑to‑end ownership, shape technical direction, and define what “good” looks like for applied AI at scale.

This role suits someone confident making architectural decisions, comfortable working in regulated environments, and motivated by raising engineering standards across teams.

A bit about the job:

This role sits within Aviva’s expanding Applied AI Engineering capability, which exists to deliver real, measurable business and customer outcomes through production‑grade AI systems.

The team designs, builds, and operates applied AI solutions, while establishing shared patterns, tooling, and standards that allow AI to be delivered safely and consistently across the organisation.

As a Staff Applied AI Engineer, you will own applied AI systems end‑to‑end, be accountable for technical quality and reliability, and help define engineering practices that other teams adopt.

Skills and experience we are looking for:

· Strong Python engineering expertise, with a track record of delivering and operating production‑grade systems.

· Proven experience building and owning applied AI or LLM‑powered systems in live environments.

· Ability to make system‑level architectural and design decisions, balancing customer value, delivery speed, and risk.

· Experience defining or applying evaluation approaches that clarify quality, safety, and correctness before and after deployment.

· Confidence working in regulated environments, embedding responsible AI, security, and compliance into everyday engineering decisions.

What you’ll get for this role: 

Our purpose – with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague:   

• Salary: Circa £130K (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)   

• Bonus opportunity –12% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.     

• Generous pension scheme – Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in     

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days     

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it     

• Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts     

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme     

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave     

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work     

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others     

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools     

     
Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.     

Aviva is for everyone:     

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences.    

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we’d still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.     

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week – combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.     

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here     

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job.     

Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.        

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Kirthi a call on +447387534297 or send an email to kirthi.kanikireddy@aviva.com