AI Engineer

Summary

Are you looking to kickstart a career in data and AI? The Frontier AI Programme from Digital Futures is designed to equip you with the skills, confidence, and mindset to launch your career in AI.

Frontier AI Programme

The programme combines structured learning, industry certifications, and applied project experience into a single training journey. Our approach balances technical depth with practical application, ensuring individuals not only understand AI but can deploy it in real-world contexts, and perform critical roles aligned to organisations transformation journey. The programme follows three key steps:

1. Training

Your journey begins with 12 weeks of free, full-time training led by our expert instructors. We'll equip you with the essential technical and consulting skills you need to thrive in your first data and AI role.

1. Certification

You'll earn an industry-recognised certification aligned with one of our tech partners, including Google, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, and IBM. Digital Futures covers the full cost of your certification.

1. Employment

Once you graduate, we'll deploy you into a data and AI role with one of our clients. Upon securing your deployment, you'll become a permanent employee of Digital Futures and begin working as a data and AI consultant one of the world's most innovative companies.

What You'll Learn

Our Frontier AI Programme provides the critical technical and professional skills needed for a successful career in data and AI. The curriculum includes:

o AI & Data Essentials

o Data Wrangling and Pipelines

o Large Language Models

o Responsible AI

o Engineering AI Solutions

o Building Agents

o AI & Analytics

o Agentic Orchestration

o Consultancy Skills

Key Programme Information

o Locations: Roles with our clients are available across the UK, including London, Stevenage, Bristol, Norwich, Leeds, Sheffield, Halifax, and York. You must be willing to either commute to or relocate to one of these cities for your deployment.

o Salary (Once deployed to a client site. Please note that the training period is unpaid.):

o Year 1: £27,500 per annum, plus benefits

o Year 2: £32,000 per annum, plus benefits (subject to a performance review)

o Benefits: As a permanent Digital Futures employee, you'll receive a comprehensive benefits package, pension contributions, and access to an Employee Referral Scheme.

o Dates: The full-time programme runs Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

o Eligibility: You must have the full right to work in the UK to apply.

Who We're Looking For

The Frontier AI Programme is open to people from all backgrounds. You don't need any formal experience or a tech background to apply. While we encourage you to have some self-study in coding, our most successful applicants demonstrate four key traits: passion, curiosity, commitment, and ambition.

Why Join Digital Futures?

We're a mission-driven technology services company dedicated to unlocking potential - for individuals, for organisations, and for society. We have reimagined how capability is built in the age of AI, disrupting outdated workforce and education models and placing talent and ambition at our core. We work where the need is greatest and the stakes are highest, ensuring AI is deployed with purpose - driving innovation and inclusive growth.

For our people, we are building a company that matters: one where pride is a strategic asset and our collective impact is measured in enduring outcomes - opportunity created, futures transformed, advantage secured.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £27,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme
• Relocation assistance
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Work Location: In person