Job Description
AI Engineer – Contract (Remote, UK based) – EdTech - 4–6 Months + Possible Extension - £350-375 p/d outside IR35
A UK-based EdTech Start-Up is hiring an experienced contract AI Engineer to help build the next generation of their intelligent assessment systems. Used by awarding bodies and training providers, you’ll work across backend services, LLM workflows, evaluation pipelines, and agentic automation. You will deliver scalable AI features that improve the accuracy, consistency, and speed of skills and knowledge evaluation. This role suits someone who enjoys autonomy, works well in a pragmatic environment, and is confident making technical decisions without fully defined specs.
You’ll design evaluation frameworks, benchmark and tune LLMs, develop APIs, build multimodal pipelines, and contribute to agent-based workflows that combine text, images, video, and semantic analysis. You’ll also instrument AI systems with tracing, guardrails, and observability tools (e.g., Langfuse, MLflow, W&B, DVC), ensuring outputs are reliable, reproducible, and aligned with assessment criteria. Collaboration with a small engineering team and subject matter experts is part of the day-to-day, with opportunities to shape both architecture and wider AI strategy.
You should bring strong Python skills, hands-on LLM and agentic experience, practical knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS or Azure), and a background in building and deploying production-grade AI systems. Experience with APIs, model evaluation, multimodal processing, RAG/retrieval, or automated scoring will be valuable. Exposure to EdTech, assessment tools, semantic search, user intent modelling, or computer vision is a bonus.
If you’re excited by the idea of shaping real AI products with real-world impact—and want the freedom to build meaningful, scalable systems—apply through the application process and submit your CV. Nathan Laidlaw from Transparent Technology Recruitment will be in touch to discuss the role in more detail.
Note: Candidates must be UK based and work UK hours. Part-time / fractional working possible (min 3 days a week)
Keywords:
AI Engineer, Software Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, LLM, GenAI, Agentic, LangChain, LangGraph, Langfuse, Python, Backend, API, MLflow, W&B, DVC, Evaluation, RAG, Retrieval, Semantic Search, Multimodal, Computer Vision, Speech-to-Text, Cloud, AWS, Azure, Model Deployment, UK Remote, Contractor, EdTech, Assessment Systems, Automated Scoring, Git, GitHub, UK Hours