Job Title: AI Engineer/Data Scientist Location: Sheffield or Birmingham - 3 days per week in the office - only candidates within commutable distance will be considered by the client Salary/Rate: 500 per day inside IR35 Start Date: 29/01/2026 Job Type: Contract - 6 months Company Introduction We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading financial services clients! They are currently looking for a skilled AI Engineer/Data Scientist to join their team for an initial 6-month contract. Job Responsibilities/Objectives The Onboarding and Know Your Customer Value Stream incorporates onboarding products, platforms, and a delivery capability particularly suited to client-aligned agile delivery at pace. They are investing heavily across these domains with a strategic focus on increasing adoption of AI capabilities through our flagship AI journeys, day-to-day engineering and overall ways of working. To accelerate achieving our vision , we are seeking an experienced AI Engineer to join the Client Services and OBKYC Technology group.Building production-ready models to drive content extraction and classification from images and text-based sources.Working closely with business teams to understand requirements and iteratively design and develop solutions.Collaborative with product managers, technical teams.Create, test and iterate new and existing products and features.Designing and building Python/ML/OCR-based components.Not only supporting the development