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AI Research Lead

Derby, England, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-07
Security clearance required

Core

Lead research, development, and deployment of next-generation AI solutions, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs), Vision Language Models (VLMs), and multimodal AI systems.

Role type

Senior IC AI Research Lead (Multimodal/LLM)

Builds

Scalable, production-ready AI systems and multimodal reasoning architectures

Domain

Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, Computer Vision, Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLMs (GPT, Llama, Mistral), Vision Language Models (CLIP, BLIP), RAG pipelines, model fine-tuning, Python, MLOps, Kubernetes, Azure/AWS/GCP, experiment design, distributed computing (via careerplan.io/jobs/744000152984219-ai-research-lead-at-alten)

Preferred skills

Generative AI product development, AI agent frameworks, knowledge graphs, team leadership

Technologies

Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, GCP, CLIP, BLIP, GPT, Llama, Mistral

Responsibilities

Lead R&D across LLM/VLM/multimodal domains; design and implement AI models with text/image reasoning; develop and optimize RAG architectures; drive experimentation, benchmarking, and validation; fine-tune foundation models for business use cases; collaborate on transitioning research to production; define cloud-native system architectures; provide technical leadership and mentorship.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities