AI Embedment Lead

What's the Role?

Shell is seeking an AI Embedment Lead to join its team in London. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in petrophysics and production engineering with the ability to bridge industry knowledge and practical AI development and implementation.

This role sits within a highly skilled and dynamic team of domain, AI/ML, and analytics experts focused on identifying the most impactful opportunities and delivering measurable results at pace. The team operates across Shell's global portfolio and is empowered to challenge conventional approaches, test new ideas, and rapidly configure, customize, and deploy solutions in live asset environments.

Individuals in this team are expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and creativity, embracing ambiguity and taking calculated risks to unlock value.

What You'll Be Doing

Identifying & Prioritizing Use Cases

• Partner with asset leadership, subsurface, wells, and operations teams to identify business problems where AI can create meaningful value
• Apply strong subsurface & wells domain knowledge to prioritize use cases with clear operational or economic impact

Problem Translation & Stakeholder Alignment

• Translate ambiguous business challenges into actionable digital/AI solution opportunities
• Act as a translator between innovation & products teams and business stakeholders
• Ensure AI solutions reflect the realities of subsurface & wells workflows

Implementation Leadership

• Generative AI solutions – custom code and workflows
• Agentic AI systems – task automation to semi-autonomous decision support
• Advanced analytics solutions – data ingestion, pattern recognition, predictive insights

Deployment & Adoption

• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and platform teams to build robust solutions
• Work directly within assets to ensure solutions are embedded into day-to-day workflows
• Drive adoption through training, change management, and iterative refinement

Scaling & Best Practices

• Identify components of bespoke solutions that can be reused or scaled across assets
• Contribute to building reusable frameworks, libraries, and best practices
• Share learnings across the organization to accelerate adoption and value capture

What You Bring

Education

• Bachelor's degree required
• MS/PhD in Geoscience, Petroleum Engineering, or related discipline preferred

Industry Experience

• Extensive experience in Upstream Oil & Gas industry preferred
• Deep expertise in petrophysics/formation evaluation or production engineering

AI/ML Expertise

• Proven experience developing, implementing, or building Agentic AI and GenAI solutions
• Strong proficiency in Python and AI/ML solution development
• Hands-on building of LLM applications and agentic systems
• Regular use of AI coding assistants and agents

Technical Skills

• Experience with Databricks, Plotly Dash, and Spotfire
• Knowledge of data pipelines, solution architecture, and deployment best practices
• Proven experience delivering production-ready solutions

Soft Skills

• Design-thinking mindset with track record of driving technology innovation and adoption
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills

What We Offer

Competitive compensation: Competitive starting salary with annual performance-related increases

Flexible working: Flexible hours and remote/mobile working options

Professional development: Continuous skill development and training programmes

Family support: Paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents

Diversity & inclusion: Equal opportunities for all applicants

Career growth: Diverse opportunities in national and international teams

Accessibility: Inclusive and accessible environment for all employees

About Shell in the UK

Shell is a vital contributor to the UK economy, supporting energy security and jobs. A UK-headquartered global energy leader and FTSE multinational active across the country's energy system. Shell UK aims to play a crucial role in the UK's 2050 net-zero goal with a focus on helping customers decarbonize in transport and industry.

Important Information

• Equal Opportunity: Shell is an Equal Opportunity Employer
• Accessibility: If you require accommodations, please contact careers@shell.com
• AI in Applications: AI can assist in improving your application, provided it reflects your true experience
• Data Protection: Before applying, please read Shell's data protection policy
• No Recruitment Fees: Shell will never ask for a fee to process your application

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