Senior AI Engineer (LLMs, Python & Java)
Bracknell (Hybrid)
What if you could own and build the AI capability from the ground up in a scaling, purpose-driven tech company?
Were hiring the first dedicated AI Engineer to join a fast-growing (~280 people) Healthtech organisation making a real-world impact. This is a rare opportunity to shape the AI strategy, design production-grade systems, and bring cutting-edge LLM-powered solutions into a live product environment.
The Role Youll sit at the intersection of AI, backend engineering, and cloud systems, designing and deploying intelligent features that directly impact users.
Expect to:
Design and implement LLM-based applications (RAG pipelines, agents, copilots)
Build scalable backend services using Python and Java
Integrate AI into existing cloud-native SaaS platforms
Own the full lifecycle: experimentation ? prototyping ? production
Optimise model performance, cost, and latency in real-world environments
Collaborate across engineering, product, and data teams to identify high-impact AI use cases
What Were Looking For 5+ years in software engineering, with strong experience in Python and/or Java
Hands-on experience working with LLMs (prompt engineering, fine-tuning, embeddings, vector databases, RAG)
Experience building and deploying applications in cloud environments (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP also considered)
Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
Familiarity with tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience working with data stores (SQL/NoSQL) and large datasets
Bonus: experience with AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.)
Why Join? Be the first AI hire real ownership and influence
Work on meaningful, tech-for-good products
Modern stack, forward-thinking leadership, strong growth trajectory
Opportunity to define architecture, tooling, and best practices
Package Salary up to £95,000 (depending on experience)
Bonus + private medical
Bracknell-based hybrid working
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