Client-Facing Applied AI Engineer: Build AI Agents

Addepar1; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Addepar is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to work with client teams and engineers to turn complex problems into production-ready AI capabilities. You'll understand client needs, prototype solutions, and ship them as product features.

The role emphasizes building agentic systems, integrating tools, and collaborating across teams; travel up to 15% and occasional after-hours to support global clients. You will be close to users, shaping the product and your growth.

Qualifications

• Extensive professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency with Python and LLM APIs (function calling and structured outputs).
• Strong SQL for data exploration and AI workflows.
• Experience building agentic systems and production-ready AI.
• Willingness to travel up to 15% and engage with clients.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-powered agents and tools end-to-end: identify client problems, prototype, evaluate, and ship to production.
• Design and implement LLM integrations including prompt engineering and tool calls.
• Define evaluation criteria and build test harnesses for AI systems.
• Work directly with clients to understand workflows and iterate toward production quality.
• Partner with core engineering teams to generalize client work into product features.
• Contribute to shared AI infrastructure (agent frameworks, tool integrations, deployment pipelines).
• Monitor and maintain production AI systems with focus on reliability and cost.

Skills

Extensive software engineering

Python

LLM APIs

SQL

AI tooling

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Claude API

GPT/LLM tooling

Codex

Job description

Addepar is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to work with client teams and engineers to turn complex problems into production-ready AI capabilities. You'll understand client needs, prototype solutions, and ship them as product features.

The role emphasizes building agentic systems, integrating tools, and collaborating across teams; travel up to 15% and occasional after-hours to support global clients. You will be close to users, shaping the product and your growth.