AI Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Leicester; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company in the UK is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to join their Innovation team. This role focuses on leveraging Generative AI for document intelligence, including LLM-based systems. The ideal candidate will have strong Python skills and experience in document extraction. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £70,000, along with a remote-first working culture and various benefits including private medical insurance and wellness budgets.

Benefits

Up to £70,000 base salary

Remote-first working culture

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Wellness and professional development budgets

Qualifications

• Previous experience with document extraction using LLMs is crucial.
• Expert-level Python skills required, grounded in software engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement LLM-powered workflows for document understanding.
• Develop robust, well-structured Python libraries and services.
• Build quick prototypes and scalable services.
• Contribute to engineering best practices across CI/CD, testing, and monitoring.

Skills

Document extraction using LLMs

Python skills

Communication skills

Tools

FastAPI

Kubernetes

Streamlit

Dash

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AI Engineer - LLMs for Document Intelligence | Remote (UK) | Up to £70,000

We're supporting a UK-based SaaS company in hiring an AI Engineer to join their Innovation team. This role is focused on delivering real business impact through Generative AI, particularly in the area of document intelligence.

The opportunity

• Build and deploy LLM-based systems to automate document extraction, reasoning and validation
• Work on high-impact use cases, such as ESG and sustainability compliance
• Join a small, collaborative team that values clean code, fast iteration and practical AI solutions

What you'll do

• Design and implement LLM-powered workflows for document understanding, including RAG and agent-based systems
• Develop robust, well-structured Python libraries and production-ready services
• Build quick prototypes (Streamlit, Dash) and scalable services (FastAPI, Kubernetes)
• Contribute to engineering best practices across CI/CD, testing, and monitoring

What we're looking for

• Previous experience with document extraction using LLMs
• Expert-level Python skills, with a strong grounding in software engineering fundamentals
• Clear communicator, comfortable working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

What's on offer

• Up to £70,000 base salary
• Remote-first working culture (UK only)
• Company offsites across Europe
• Private medical insurance, life assurance and pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy more
• Wellness and professional development budgets

2 stage interview process.

This role cannot sponsor and ideally candidates will have 1 month or less notice period, aiming for a September/early October start.