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Senior AI Engineer (Voice AI & IVR)

Job Description - Senior AI Engineer (Voice AI & IVR)

Overview

A dynamic opportunity exists for a Senior Call Centre AI
Engineer to join a fast -growing technology environment focused on building
intelligent, scalable customer engagement solutions. The role is hands -on and
centred around conversational AI, voice automation, and LLM -powered systems
within a modern contact centre ecosystem.

You will work across AI voice agents, large language models,
telephony systems, CRM integrations, and automation platforms to deliver
advanced customer -facing solutions.


Key Responsibilities

Voice AI & IVR Systems

  • Design and build intelligent IVR and call flows
    using SIP -based telephony platforms
  • Integrate AI voice agents for natural,
    low -latency conversational experiences
  • Implement speech -to -text and text -to -speech
    solutions in production environments
  • Monitor and improve IVR and voice system
    efficiency and quality

  • Optimise call flows for containment, customer
    satisfaction, and performance metrics

LLM & Conversational AI Development

  • Build and deploy LLM -powered virtual agents
    across voice and digital channels
  • Develop prompt engineering frameworks and
    retrieval -augmented generation (RAG) systems
  • Integrate and orchestrate multiple LLMs and AI
    tools for scalable solutions
  • Implement safety guardrails, fallback logic, and
    escalation mechanisms
  • Evaluate model performance using accuracy,
    containment, and customer experience metrics

Systems & CRM Integration

  • Integrate AI systems with telephony platforms
    and predictive diallers
  • Connect AI solutions to CRM systems and internal
    knowledge bases via APIs
  • Build event -driven architectures for real -time
    data processing
  • Maintain system reliability, scalability, and
    fault tolerance

Analytics & Automation

  • Develop transcription and call analysis
    pipelines for customer interactions
  • Build NLP models for intent detection, sentiment
    analysis, and performance scoring

  • Automate QA and compliance workflows using
    modern automation tools
  • Create dashboards and reporting tools to track
    AI and business performance
  • Use insights to continuously improve AI models
    and workflows

Architecture & Leadership

  • Lead technical design and architecture
    discussions for AI systems
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to
    technical best practices
  • Collaborate with cross -functional teams to align
    AI solutions with business needs
  • Evaluate and recommend tools, vendors, and
    platforms



Requirements

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering or AI
    engineering experience
  • Minimum 2 years working with conversational AI
    or contact centre systems
  • Strong Python skills with AI/ML libraries (e.g.,
    LangChain, Hugging Face, OpenAI/Claude APIs)
  • Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and
    RAG architectures
  • Hands -on experience with SIP telephony, voice
    systems, or contact centre platforms

  • Strong API integration experience (REST,
    webhooks, event -driven systems)
  • SQL/PostgreSQL proficiency
  • Experience with automation tools and workflow
    orchestration platforms
  • Understanding of real -time systems and streaming
    architectures
  • Front -end experience for building internal tools
    (beneficial)
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
    skills

  • Experience in financial services, insurance,
    property, or collections (advantageous)

Technical Environment

  • Python, Node.js, TypeScript
  • LLMs (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Llama)
  • Voice AI platforms and SIP -based telephony
    systems
  • CRM integrations (Zoho or similar)
  • Automation tools (n8n, Zapier or similar)
  • Cloud and containerised environments (e.g.,
    Docker)



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