AI Engineer

NXA Talent LTD; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NXA Talent LTD is seeking an AI Engineer to design and deliver next generation AI capabilities for a large scale retail environment in London. The role focuses on agentic AI, multi-agent orchestration, and production-grade implementations using Azure OpenAI and related tools.

You will work closely with architects, product teams and stakeholders to build scalable AI microservices, integrate vector search and RAG architectures, and ensure governance, security and responsible AI practices across

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering production grade AI and Generative AI solutions.
• Strong expertise in Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Semantic Kernel and LangGraph.
• Experience building multi-agent architectures, RAG solutions and complex orchestration workflows.
• Strong Python development skills with scalable microservices experience.
• Knowledge of MCP and AI tool integration frameworks.
• Experience with event driven architectures, REST APIs, Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Agentic AI solutions with multi-step reasoning and autonomous action.
• Architect multi-agent systems, orchestration patterns, and scalable AI microservices.
• Build AI apps using Python and Azure OpenAI technologies.
• Develop RAG architectures and integrate vector search.
• Implement orchestration workflows using Semantic Kernel and LangGraph.
• Integrate enterprise systems and APIs using MCP and related frameworks.
• Establish AI governance, security and responsible AI practices.
• Lead deployment of AI services into production environments.
• Collaborate with architects, product teams and stakeholders to deliver AI driven solutions.
• Optimize performance, scalability, cost and latency of LLM based apps.

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Semantic Kernel

LangGraph

MCP

Docker

Kubernetes

LLMOps

REST APIs

Vector databases

Embeddings

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Job description

AI Engineer

• Leading UK Retailer
• London (Hybrid Working)
• 12 Months
• Inside IR35

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering next generation AI capabilities within a large scale retail environment.

Role Responsibilities

• Design and develop Agentic AI solutions capable of multi-step reasoning, planning, and autonomous action execution.
• Architect multi agent systems, orchestration patterns, and scalable AI microservices.
• Build AI applications using Python and Azure OpenAI technologies.
• Develop RAG architectures and integrate vector search solutions.
• Implement orchestration workflows using Semantic Kernel and LangGraph.
• Integrate enterprise systems, APIs, and tools using MCP and similar frameworks.
• Establish AI governance, security, safety, and responsible AI practices.
• Lead the implementation and deployment of AI services into production environments.
• Collaborate with architects, product teams, and business stakeholders to deliver AI driven solutions.
• Optimise performance, scalability, cost, and latency of LLM based applications.

Experience Required

• Proven experience designing and delivering production grade AI and Generative AI solutions.
• Strong expertise in Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, Semantic Kernel, and LangGraph.
• Experience building multi agent architectures, RAG solutions, and complex orchestration workflows.
• Strong Python development skills with experience building scalable microservices.
• Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) and AI tool integration frameworks.
• Experience with event driven architectures, REST APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, MLOps, and LLMOps.
• Solid understanding of vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, and relational/NoSQL databases.
• Experience defining AI governance frameworks, coding standards, and best practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot and support AI solutions in production environments