Ai engineer Jobs in UK

You will drive the technical evolution of the clients AI-first platform and serve as their resident AI expert. As Lead AI Engineer you will: Architect & Engineer AI Systems: You won’t just call an API; you will build robust processing architectures that leverage off-the-shelf LLMs, RAG pipelines, and context engineering to solve hard problems.

Co-Founders & Team You will work directly with a founding team of AI PhDs and elite engineers: Sanj (CRO): PhD in AI (Gatsby Unit, UCL), ex-Huawei R&D, former lead at Magic Carpet AI (acquired). What You Bring Must-Haves: Expert Python Skills: Deep experience building and shipping AI solutions.

AI Engineer – £80,000 – £100,000 + Bonus London (Hybrid – 2 days per week) My client, a leader in the financial services industry, are seeking a Lead AI Engineer to spearhead one of their Generative AI feature teams. Required Experience Strong programming skills in Python Hands‑on experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) Production environment experience in the Gen AI/Agentic AI space Experience with AWS services Ability to evaluate LLM performance and optimise prompts Experience developing AI applications in a regulated organisation Excellent communication skills and proven ability to collaborate with cross‑functional teams Experience mentoring engineers Knowledge of DevOps concepts and Infrastructure as Code.

Co-Founders & Team You will work directly with a founding team of AI PhDs and elite engineers: Sanj (CRO): PhD in AI (Gatsby Unit, UCL), ex-Huawei R&D, former lead at Magic Carpet AI (acquired). What You Bring Must-Haves: Expert Python Skills: Deep experience building and shipping AI solutions.

This role sits at the intersection of applied AI research and production engineering - a role that is ideal for builders who want to push the boundaries of what's possible with LLMs while shipping real systems that customers depend on. Responsibilities: Design and implement LLM-based systems and agentic workflows that solve real customer problems Build robust evaluation frameworks to measure, track, and improve model behavior Develop scalable asynchronous systems for AI orchestration and task execution Work on RAG pipelines, multi-agent architectures, and production LLM infrastructure Collaborate across engineering, research, and product to define what gets built Shape AI strategy and contribute to long-term technical direction About You: Proven experience building and shipping production AI systems (not just prototypes) Strong foundations in machine learning and deep learning principles Hands-on experience with LLMs, agents, RAG systems, or large-scale inference pipelines Comfort moving between research papers and production codebases Natural curiosity, strong sense of ownership, and drive for continuous improvement Research indicates that men will apply to a role when they only meet 50-60% of the descriptions, however, when looking at women and other minority groups, they can look for up to a 99% match in order to apply to a role.

Applied AI Engineer London One of the fastest moving AI startups in London, backed by some of the world’s top VCs and founded by real entrepreneurs with multiple exits This is a rare chance to join at an early stage and build at the absolute frontier of applied AI, working directly with the founders on a product already used by global enterprise customers Why this is exciting Build and ship production AI systems including RAG pipelines and AI agents Work end to end across backend, infrastructure and AI Shape architecture, engineering standards and culture from day one Huge ownership and real impact What you need 5+ Years professional software experience (Python) Excellent Educational Background (BSc, MSc, PhD - 2.1 or higher) Hands-on experience building and deploying AI applications Comfortable moving fast in high ambiguity environments Genuine passion for building products that scale What is on offer Very competitive salary + meaningful equity Direct access to truly entrepreneurial founders A defining role at one of London’s most ambitious startups Challenging and intense, but tons of fun Apply here, or pop your CV to james@techtalentnetwork.com to find out more! #Jobster Show less