AI and Automation Engineer
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Location: London (hybrid-working)
Closing Date: 15 September 2026
About the role
We’re looking for an AI & Automation Engineer to design, build, and support AI, automation, and digital workplace solutions that improve productivity, reduce manual effort, and solve practical business problems across Trinity. Working closely with the Digital Workplace & AI Lead, business stakeholders and Technology teams, you will turn prioritised opportunities into working solutions, taking ideas from discovery and rapid prototyping through to production-ready implementation and ongoing support.
You will design and develop AI-enabled applications, agents, workflow automations and integrations, working with enterprise systems, APIs and organisational data. You will build solutions that are scalable, secure, supportable, and appropriate for the problem being solved, rather than applying AI where a simpler solution would be more effective. You will also contribute to evaluating and testing emerging AI technologies, develop reusable components and automation patterns, and help establish strong engineering practices for AI delivery across Trinity.
Working within Trinity’s AI governance and technology standards, you will ensure appropriate consideration is given to security, data privacy, human oversight, testing, monitoring and responsible AI as solutions move from experimentation into live use.
This is an opportunity to help establish a new engineering capability and directly influence how AI and automation are used across the organisation.
About you
You'll have hands-on experience designing, developing and supporting AI, automation, workflow or software solutions, with the ability to translate business requirements into practical, scalable and supportable technical outcomes.
You'll be comfortable taking solutions through the full delivery lifecycle, from prototype and proof of concept through testing, integration, deployment and production support. You'll be able to work independently on technical delivery while collaborating effectively with business stakeholders, architects, security teams and other technology specialists.
You'll have a strong understanding of automation and emerging AI technologies, including generative AI, agentic AI and AI orchestration, together with experience integrating solutions through APIs and enterprise applications. Hands-on experience developing AI, automation or integrated digital solutions is essential, while experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI or comparable technologies would be advantageous.
Experience in areas such as Python, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, enterprise search, AI evaluation and testing, identity and permissions, CI/CD and modern engineering practices would also be valuable.
We're looking for someone who is analytical, curious and delivery-focused, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to non-technical colleagues. You don't need experience across every technology listed above. We're more interested in strong engineering fundamentals, evidence that you have personally built solutions, and your ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly.
Our benefits
Trinity provides a work environment that is stimulating, inspiring and fair. Our approach to reward values our employees while ensuring each person’s contribution makes us great as an organisation. As an employee, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits here at Trinity.
Our commitment
Trinity is open to all applicants from different backgrounds and we are committed to building a more diverse and inclusive workplace. All applications are dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
We actively encourages applications from candidates of all abilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are dedicated to creating a workplace that is accessible, supportive, and welcoming for individuals with different abilities. We will make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neuro-diverse.
Trinity promotes and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records. In line with the requirements of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974), we select all candidates for interview based on their competencies, qualifications and knowledge.
To learn more about our DEI commitment as an equal opportunities employer, please visit our Equality, diversity and inclusion page.
How to Apply
As this is a newly created capability, we recognise that relevant experience may come from a variety of engineering, automation or software backgrounds. Alongside your CV, please include a short covering letter of no more than 500 words explaining why your experience is relevant to this role. We are particularly interested in examples where you have built or introduced a new capability, worked across business and technology teams, and turned emerging technology into practical, measurable outcomes. Your experience may not come from a role with exactly the same title.
To apply, please follow the Apply for This Job link on this page and you will be directed to the Trinity College London application page. We reserve the right to close the advert earlier if we receive a high volume of interest so please do not delay if interested.
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