AI Engineer

Senior AI Engineer / Contract

Location: London / Hybrid

Rate: Competitive day rate, dependent on experience

Engagement: Contract (12 months, with a confirmed 6 months+)

The Opportunity

Seeking an experienced, hands-on Generative AI Engineer to build and deploy production-grade AI solutions within complex enterprise environments. This opportunity is suited to specialists with proven delivery experience beyond prototypes and proof of concepts.

Essential Experience

• 5+ years in software engineering, machine learning or a closely related technical discipline.
• Strong Python development and production-grade API integration.
• Hands-on experience deploying LLM applications into production.
• Proven implementation of RAG architectures, embeddings and vector databases.
• Practical experience with LangChain, LangGraph or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience with OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock or comparable platforms.
• Understanding of AI evaluation, hallucination mitigation, security and performance optimisation.
• Experience deploying and monitoring scalable AI applications in cloud environments.

Desirable

• AI agents and multi-agent orchestration.
• MLOps, CI/CD, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Enterprise-scale AI implementation and governance.

Application Requirements

Please apply with your CV and include:

• A summary of a production AI solution you personally delivered.
• Technologies and frameworks used.
• Current and target day rate.
• Availability and contract end date.
• IR35 preference and location.

Important: Applications should demonstrate hands-on implementation and measurable delivery outcomes. Candidates with theoretical AI knowledge alone or experience limited to basic chatbot prototypes are unlikely to be suitable.