Senior AI Platform Engineer – Up to £90,000 Base
Hybrid: 1–2 Days per Week On‑Site (South West London)
A tech‑led insurer is scaling a new AI function and hiring an AI Platform Engineer to build production‑ready AI systems on GCP. This is one of the first hires into a newly created AI organisation, with the mandate to make the business the UK’s first fully AI‑powered insurer.
What You’ll Do
* Build and operate production‑grade AI agents on GCP using Google’s ADK
* Integrate AI systems with policy, claims and CRM platforms via REST/JSON APIs
* Develop scalable RAG pipelines including ingestion, text processing and vector search
* Implement evaluation, monitoring, A/B testing and cost/latency dashboards
* Shape architectural patterns, engineering standards and wider AI strategy
* Work across key AI products including claims automation and internal retrieval tools
Role Requirements
* Background in Data/ML Engineering or Software Engineering with strong applied AI experience
* Deep expertise in GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Run/Functions, ADK, Model Garden)
* Strong Python and API development experience
* Hands‑on with LLMs, embeddings, RAG, vector databases
* Proven track record building production‑ready AI systems with observability and testing
* Solid DevOps capability: CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes
Work Environment & Location
* 1–2 days per week on‑site in either:
* South West London
* Hybrid flexibility the remainder of the week
Key Products You'll Impact
* Claims Automation (Agentic AI): End‑to‑end automated claims processing focused on efficiency, indemnity savings and cost reduction
* Internal AI‑powered retrieval tool already live and expanding across internal platforms
Why Join?
* Direct and visible impact on P&L, cost savings and operational performance
* A fast feedback loop — far quicker than large insurers or corporates
* Significant “low‑hanging fruit” in automation and workflow optimisation
* Opportunity to build agentic systems from the ground up
* Backed investment and a roadmap to scale the AI team to 10+ people
* Chance to be part of a pivotal transformation as the organisation becomes an AI‑powered insurer
Apply below!