Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Role overview

Vodafone is looking for an AI Engineer with deep hands-on experience in Generative AI and Agentic AI. The position focuses on designing and building advanced AI solutions that address real business needs. You will partner with technical leads, product owners, and business teams to shape end-to-end solutions, from exploration and prototyping through deployment and support.

What you will do

• Create and connect generative AI systems, including large language models and multimodal models, using OpenAI, Anthropic, or comparable open-source tools.
• Design agentic processes for both single-agent and basic multi-agent setups using appropriate frameworks.
• Add tool usage and memory capabilities for agents, and connect MCP servers to standardize tool interoperability.
• Work with senior engineers on A2A communication approaches for coordination across multiple agents.
• Apply responsible AI controls such as prompt-injection protection, PII masking/redaction, and security-compliance measures.
• Run AI workloads in cloud or container-based environments such as Azure, AWS, and Kubernetes.
• Track, diagnose, and resolve issues in AI applications using observability platforms such as Datadog.
• Write clear technical documentation and share knowledge with the wider team.
• Take part in the full delivery lifecycle, including understanding product-owner requirements and aligning solutions to business objectives.
• Work in an agile team, including daily SCRUM updates and regular progress reporting.
• Follow Vodafone policies and internal procedures in all activities.
• Support functional and non-functional testing across project phases.
• Investigate, repair, and prevent defects and incidents during development and application support.
• Prepare release bundles for test and production environments.
• Handle incidents and problems at L2 and L3 support levels.

Required background and capabilities

• Strong communication, presentation, and analytical abilities.
• Comfort with rapidly changing digital technologies and a willingness to learn quickly.
• Good planning and organizational skills, including time management and workload prioritization.
• Adaptability to changing priorities and shifting project demands.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to learn new approaches and processes.
• Ability to build constructive relationships, persuade effectively, and collaborate across teams.
• Willingness to keep up with new practices and technology changes and apply them in daily work.
• Solid understanding of user journeys, business capability needs, organizational goals, and product outcomes.
• Awareness of the telecom and digital services market, along with emerging business and technology trends.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Experience building REST APIs and cloud-native microservices.
• Practical experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub.
• Understanding of network communication and integration protocols such as SOAP and REST/JSON.
• Experience with unit testing, including mocking frameworks.

Benefits and workplace experience

• Access to all necessary work devices, including laptops and mobile devices.
• Health and life insurance coverage.
• Performance-linked additional compensation.
• Private pension support.
• A broader package of benefits designed to support work-life balance, growth, and overall employee experience.

About Vodafone

Vodafone is a major international telecommunications company serving millions of customers. The business sees connectivity as a positive force that can improve lives, support communities, and help protect the planet. The company promotes an inclusive workplace where people from many backgrounds can feel safe, respected, and valued.

Accessibility and application support

If you need a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, such as extra time or breaks during online assessments, Vodafone directs candidates to its application adjustments guidance page for support.

Equal opportunity note

Vodafone encourages applicants to apply even if they do not match every preferred criterion, as the company values potential and welcomes candidates whose skills may fit this role or another opening.