AI Engineer

The Company 

RightShip is the world’s biggest third party maritime due diligence organization, providing expertise in global safety, sustainability and social responsibility best practices. 

We bring together years of industry expertise with the output from analytics and large data sets to provide our safety and environmental scoring systems, recommendations and consultancy services. 

Using leading data and technology, we aim to set new benchmarks in environmental protection. We support global initiatives and action influencing practical and impactful change, enabling “win-win” for business and the environment. 

To find out more visit RightShip.com. 

What we offer 

We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organization who are constantly working to ensure ships are safe as possible so that crew and cargo are protected. We are passionate about maritime efficiency, safety and sustainability practices. 

We offer generous rewards. Our base salary is competitive, we support employee wellbeing and provide our employees with a Healthy Living Allowance and our annual incentive scheme is awesome. We have some great talent who are happy to share their experience and skills to help you on your way and we are committed to professional development to make sure your career keeps growing while you’re working with us.

What makes RightShip a great place to work at:

RightShip is an equal opportunity employer, and we champion diversity. Our teams are composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, and generations. We believe that a diversity of experiences makes us stronger—as individuals, as communities and as an organization.

Don’t meet every single requirement of this role? Still apply! Research tells us that that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet every single requirement.  At RightShip we believe that the right hire is someone who makes an addition to our culture, rather than someone who fits in and conforms to our status quo. We want to add team members who not only value RightShip standards and workplace culture, but also bring an aspect of diversity that positively contributes to our work environment. If you are excited about this role, or about our company in general, we would love to hear from you!

As an AI Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and implementing LLM and GPT-based applications, fine-tuning LLMs, and developing in-house RAG frameworks to handle unstructured data. You will evaluate these frameworks and enhance the AI capabilities across the company. 

This role involves working closely with senior business stakeholders, coordinating with cloud infrastructure teams, and leading GenAI projects. You will also play a key role in building the GenAI infrastructure on the cloud and streamlining AI application deployment across the organization.  

Major Responsibilities   

• Lead and drive the development, fine-tuning, and evaluation of LLM and GPT-based applications. 
• Fine-tune LLM models to improve performance. 
• Develop and maintain in-house RAG frameworks for handling unstructured data. 
• Architect, implement, and optimize custom in-house RAG frameworks for unstructured and multi-modal data processing 
• Build and maintain GenAI infrastructure on the cloud, with a focus on Azure. 
• Streamline AI application deployment across the organization. 
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices. 
• Implement vectorization and embedding techniques for various AI applications. 
• Work on multi-modal AI projects and integrate multi-modal capabilities into existing frameworks. 
• Drive robust model governance, traceability, observability, and compliance (e.g., Responsible AI, AI risk management) 
• Serve as an AI thought leader across the business, presenting experimental results and recommendations to C-level stakeholders 
• Mentor, review code, and share knowledge with other engineers 

Qualifications, Skills & Experience  

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related fields. 
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in advanced AI/ML engineering, including production-scale GenAI projects. 
• Demonstrated expertise with GPT models, RAG, Langchain, Langgraph, and AzureML. 
• Strong experience with Python and related libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch). 
• Understanding and practical knowledge of vectorization and embedding techniques. 
• Experience with multi-modal AI technologies. 
• Experience with Windows Azure for AI and machine learning deployments. 
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills. 
• Active GitHub contributor is highly appreciated. 

RightShip is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity, enables access and promotes inclusion in our workplace. You must have the right to live and work in this location to apply for this job.