Senior AI Engineer

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Job Description:

HPE Galway are seeking a highly skilled Senior AI Engineer to join our growing AI team and lead the development of cutting-edge AI-driven applications. You will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing large language model (LLM) systems, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) frameworks, and advanced AI solutions to power our core products.

Reporting to the Director of Innovation in the Hybrid Cloud Chief Technology organisation, you will be a team player with experience at mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop AI-driven applications leveraging large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and Graph RAG architectures

• Implement and optimize RAG techniques for improved knowledge retrieval and contextual reasoning

• Build and maintain graph-based AI solutions using modern frameworks like LangGraph, PydanticAI, and LangChain

• Develop and deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for seamless data integration across various sources

• Design scalable vector database solutions using Pinecone, Weaviate, or similar technologies

• Integrate Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocols for multi-agent workflows

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical AI solutions

• Maintain high code quality standards and implement comprehensive testing strategies

What you’ll need:

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, AI/ML or related technology

• Minimum of 8+ years of work experience in cloud based and/or open source software development

• 3+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering with a focus on LLMs and knowledge retrieval systems

• Strong hands-on experience with LLM frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, or similar

• Proven experience implementing RAG systems and vector databases (PostgreSQL with pgvector, Pinecone, FAISS, Weaviate, Chroma)

• Proficiency in Python with deep knowledge of ML libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers)

• Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) server development and deployment

• Understanding of Google ADK and A2A protocol implementations

• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their AI/ML services

• Experience with prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and LLM optimization techniques

Preferred Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience with multi-agent architectures and agent orchestration frameworks

• Knowledge of graph-based AI and knowledge graph construction

• Familiarity with LLMOps tools (LangSmith, Weights & Biases, MLflow)

• Experience with enterprise-scale AI deployments and monitoring

• Understanding of AI safety, alignment, and responsible AI practices

• Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects

Technical Environment:

• Frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, Transformers

• Vector Databases: Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS, Chroma, PgVector

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform

• LLM APIs: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI

• Development: Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Git

• Monitoring: LangSmith, Langfuze, Weights & Biases, Prometheus

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Release Management, Security-First Mindset, User Experience (UX)

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_04

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

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