AI Engineer (Contract) – £500/day Outside IR35 Canary Wharf, London (3 days onsite) UK-based applicants only We’re looking for experienced AI Engineers who think holistically, automate relentlessly, and know how to turn modern AI capabilities into production-grade, high-impact applications. Our AI organisation is building real-world AI products that deliver business value at speed. This role is ideal for seasoned engineers who combine strong software engineering fundamentals with a pragmatic, hands-on approach to AI tooling and infrastructure. What you’ll be doing Designing, building, and maintaining production-grade AI applications using modern engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, observability, cloud-native design). Developing reusable AI platforms and tools (e.g. conversational bots, AI-powered search, unstructured data processing, GenAI solutions). Working in cross-functional, embedded teams with business stakeholders to rapidly deliver AI solutions to high-priority problems. Evaluating and integrating AI tools and frameworks (LLMs, vector databases, RAG, AI agents) into robust, scalable systems. Championing automation across the full AI lifecycle —from data ingestion and preprocessing to deployment and monitoring. Collaborating closely with data scientists, product managers, and engineers to ensure reliable end-to-end delivery. Contributing to internal tooling, documentation, and best practices to scale AI engineering capability. What we’re looking for Several years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping complex systems to production. Strong Python skills and experience building APIs, microservices, and backend systems. Solid understanding of software architecture, cloud infrastructure (AWS and/or Azure), and modern DevOps practices. Hands-on experience integrating ML models into production systems (LLMs via APIs, fine-tuning, RAG, embeddings, agents). Ability to move fast without compromising on code quality, testing, and operational excellence. Nice to have Experience with tools such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, Haystack, Hugging Face, Weaviate, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar. Hands-on work with Retrieval Augmented Generation, AI agents, and agent orchestration frameworks. Experience working with unstructured data (documents, conversations, images). Background in platform engineering, internal developer tools, or forward-deployed/embedded team models. Experience building reliable, production-grade GenAI applications. Contract details Rate: £500 per day Location: Canary Wharf, London (3 days onsite per week) Eligibility: Must be UK-based