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Contract Senior AI Engineer (Oil & Gas)

Data Science and AI Contractor
ID: #10572
Posted: 2026-03-11
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Role: Senior AI Engineer Project: Industrial AI solutions • Reliability and corrosion • Well and reservoir facility management • Process engineering • Advanced sensing technologies Industry: Oil & Gas Location: London (Hybrid - 3 days per week) Rate: £700-800/day (Inside IR35) Contract: 6 months initial (multi-year scope) X4 Technology are partnered with a global Oil & Gas organisation offering the opportunity for a contract Senior AI Engineer to design and deliver advanced AI and machine learning solutions for enterprise-scale industrial applications. This role will focus on applying AI to reliability, corrosion, well and reservoir facility management, process engineering and advanced sensing technologies, delivering intelligent systems that drive operational performance and asset insight. Responsibilities of the Contract Senior AI Engineer (Oil & Gas) • Design and deploy advanced AI models including deep learning, graph neural networks, generative AI and vector embeddings to create adaptive systems that continuously learn from operational data. • Build scalable AI platforms and pipelines to support enterprise-grade model training, deployment and lifecycle management. • Develop generative and retrieval-augmented AI systems leveraging LLMs, vector databases and modern AI tooling to unlock insights from complex technical datasets. • Apply computer vision and sensor-driven AI including object detection, sensor fusion and advanced analytics for real-world industrial use cases. • Lead AI architecture and innovation, shaping strategy, evaluating emerging technologies and guiding production deployment of AI solutions. Requirements for the Senior AI Engineer • STEM degree with 5+ years delivering AI / ML solutions in industry. • Proven track record building and deploying production AI systems at scale. • Strong Python expertise with modern ML frameworks including PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, JAX, XGBoost, OpenCV and Transformers. • Experience developing LLM and generative AI solutions, including RAG architectures, LangChain, vector databases and cloud ML deployment. • Strong stakeholder communication skills • Nice to haves: Experience in industrial/energy environments, enterprise AI platforms (Azure ML, Foundry, Databricks) or agentic AI systems This is a 6-month initial contract with long-term programme scope, with interviews scheduled for W/C 16th March. If you’re a Senior AI Engineer with experience building production AI systems, ideally in the industrial space, please apply now for immediate consideration.

Hard Skills 15
Skill Source Confidence
Vector Databases llm_hard
100%
Deep Learning llm_hard
100%
Transformers llm_hard
100%
Large Language Models (LLMs) llm_hard
100%
TensorFlow llm_hard
100%
PyTorch llm_hard
100%
Scikit-learn llm_hard
100%
XGBoost llm_hard
100%
Object Detection llm_hard
100%
Model Deployment llm_hard
100%
Python llm_hard
100%
Computer Vision llm_hard
100%
Data Pipelines llm_hard
80%
Azure ML llm_hard
80%
MLOps llm_hard
80%
Soft Skills 1
Skill Source Confidence
Stakeholder Communication llm_soft
100%
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