Artificial Intelligence Engineer

James Adams; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

SC Clearance required

Job summary

James Adams is recruiting a Senior AI Engineer for a 6-month contract (outside IR35) to join a fast-growing UK technology company delivering AI-powered software in real-world operations. Fully remote with required UK SC clearance.

You will design, build, and deploy production-grade AI features, integrate LLMs, and work closely with product and engineering teams to ship reliable solutions at pace in a high-availability environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years professional experience building AI/LLM-powered production software.
• Deep understanding of AI/ML architectures and patterns (RAG, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, evals, LLM orchestration).
• Proficient in Python and/or TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI software.
• Apply emerging AI patterns such as RAG, agentic workflows, evals, and LLM orchestration.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to ship reliable AI solutions quickly.

Skills

AI/ML architectures

Python

TypeScript

Job description

AI Engineer - Contract (6 Months, Outside IR35)

Fully Remote | SC Clearance Required

We're recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing UK technology company building AI-powered software used in critical, real-world operations. The work goes straight into live, production systems that real users depend on, in a sector where reliability and security are non-negotiable.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior AI Engineer to join on a 6-month contract, integrating LLM's and broader AI capabilities into production-grade software. You'll work as part of a cross-functional team, translating complex product requirements into reliable, scalable technical solutions, building AI that works, not just AI that demos well.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI software
• Apply emerging AI architecture patterns - RAG, agentic workflows, evals, fine-tuning, LLM orchestration directly into the product
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to ship technical solutions at pace
• Ensure the reliability and scalability of AI-powered features in a demanding, high-availability production environment
• Contribute to raising AI engineering practices and standards across the team

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years professionally developing products involving AI, LLMs, or applied machine learning/data science, with proven experience deploying models or AI systems into production
• Deep understanding of AI/ML architectures and patterns: RAG, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, evals, LLM orchestration, or equivalent applied ML/data science methods
• Python and/or TypeScript
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced envrionemt
• Active UK SC Clearance required

The Details

• 6-month initial contract, outside IR35
• Fully remote
• Competitive day rate, DOE
• Immediate/near-term start