Production AI Engineer: Real-World LLM Systems

SLR Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SLR Consulting is seeking an AI Development Engineer to design and deploy production-grade AI systems that run reliably in real-world environments. You will work across the AI stack from model interaction to infrastructure, enabling scalable, observable services powered by LLMs.

The role emphasizes practical delivery, building end-to-end solutions, and collaborating with product and data teams to deliver business value.

Qualifications

• Experience building production-grade AI systems
• Proficiency in Python or TypeScript and REST APIs
• Strong backend design and debugging skills
• Hands-on with Docker, CI/CD, and cloud platforms
• Familiarity with LLMs, prompting, and RAG architectures

Responsibilities

• Design and implement production-grade AI systems powered by LLMs
• Build infrastructure to run reliable AI services including API and orchestration layers
• Develop MCP-style tool integration layers and connectors to external systems
• Ship clean, testable backend code and deploy to production
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and designers across teams

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

REST APIs

System design

Debugging

CI/CD

Docker

Cloud platforms

Tools

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

LLM gateways

Vector databases

pgvector

Job description

SLR Consulting is seeking an AI Development Engineer to design and deploy production-grade AI systems that run reliably in real-world environments. You will work across the AI stack from model interaction to infrastructure, enabling scalable, observable services powered by LLMs.

The role emphasizes practical delivery, building end-to-end solutions, and collaborating with product and data teams to deliver business value.