AI Engineer Search and Retrieval - Full time Permanent - Remote in the UK I'm working with an interesting, fast-growing business that sits at the intersection of data, knowledge, and decision making. They support consulting and private equity firms by helping them access and surface high-quality insight both from external experts and their own internal knowledge.What you'll be doingDefine and design a scalable, cloud-native search architecture from the ground upEvaluate and select the right technologies across keyword, vector, hybrid, and graph-based searchDesign indexing, ranking, and data modelling strategiesEstablish clear frameworks for measuring search relevance and performanceDesign and implement a knowledge graph to model entities and relationshipsDefine schema, linking strategies, and enrichment workflowsCombine graph-based signals with semantic search and ranking modelsBuild extraction and enrichment pipelines using modern LLMsArchitect scalable retrieval and data pipelines in a GCP environmentWork with analytical platforms such as BigQuery (or similar)What they're looking forStrong experience building and scaling production-grade search or retrieval systemsProven ability to design search architectures from scratchExperience working with semantic search, embeddings, and vector-based retrievalHands-on experience building pipelines using LLMs (OpenAI, Gemini)Strong Python skillsExperience working in cloud-native environments (ideally GCP)Background leading or owning technical initiatives within a teamJBRP1_UKTJ