Applied AI Engineer - GenAI Consulting

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth GenAI consultancy based in London is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to design and deploy scalable AI applications. The role includes mentoring junior engineers and working with a diverse tech stack including Python, LLM APIs, and AWS. The ideal candidate will have experience in real-world AI deployment and enjoy working in a hybrid environment. Competitive salary range of £100,000–£130,000 plus benefits is offered.

Benefits

Standard benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and deploying AI applications.
• Ability to lead and mentor junior engineers.
• Strong understanding of cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy scalable AI tools using Python and LLM APIs.
• Design end-to-end agentic and RAG-based solutions.
• Own delivery from proof-of-concept through to production.

Skills

AI tools development

Python

LLM APIs

Collaboration

Tools

Docker

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Job Description

Are you an AI engineer with strong software engineering fundamentals?

Have you deployed AI models into production—not just trained them?

Want to work on agentic systems, RAG pipelines, and LLM-powered tools?

We're working with a high-growth GenAI consultancy building real-world, production-grade AI applications. With a team of 50+, the company partners with global clients across finance, energy, media, and tech. From hedge funds to energy and health-tech, their projects are diverse and technically challenging. With strong client demand and deep partnerships (including OpenAI), the team is scaling fast across the UK, Singapore, and Australia.

As a Senior Applied AI Engineer, you’ll take ownership of designing and deploying AI-powered applications that solve real client problems. You’ll work across full-stack delivery, from architecture to production deployment, collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring other engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and deploy scalable AI tools using Python and LLM APIs
• Design end-to-end agentic and RAG-based solutions for enterprise use
• Own delivery from proof-of-concept through to production
• Work with cloud- architectures (e.g. AWS Lambda, Step Functions)
• Lead and guide junior engineers within project teams

Key Details

• Salary: £100,000–£130,000 + benefits
• Working model: Hybrid (3 days/week in London office)
• Tech stack: Python, LLMs (OpenAI/Claude), Docker, CI/CD, microservices, AWS

If you're a strong backend or platform engineer passionate about GenAI and excited to ship high-impact tools, this is the opportunity to step into it.

Budget

• Salary range: £100k–£130k base
• Benefits: Standard package
• Sponsorship: Yes
• Hybrid: 3 days/week (London HQ)

Note: this role cannot sponsor

Interested? Please apply below.