Python Developer

Accelerant; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote – UK

Bonus

Job summary

Accelerant, a UK-based tech-driven insurance innovator, is seeking a Senior Python Engineer with hands-on LLM experience to join the engineering team. You will build and scale intelligent systems across Python, AI and data components, taking solutions from development through to production.

You will collaborate with AI/LLM initiatives, deploy in production, and help shape the architecture while exploring new AI technologies. This fully remote role offers senior ownership and a competitive bonus.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building, maintaining and working with LLMs.
• Experience deploying AI/LLM solutions in production.
• Cloud technologies and data-intensive applications.
• CI/CD and software engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain LLM-powered applications and services.
• Develop production-grade software using Python.
• Integrate LLMs, APIs and AI technologies.
• Design, test and improve LLM-based solutions.
• Take AI/LLM solutions into production and maintain them at scale.
• Troubleshoot and improve existing systems.
• Contribute to technical architecture and engineering decisions.
• Work with engineers to build intelligent products.
• Explore new AI technologies and identify opportunities to improve the platform.

Skills

Python

LLMs / LLM-based apps

AI engineering

Cloud technologies

Tools

CI/CD

APIs

LLM APIs

Job description

Remote – UK | Competitive Salary + Bonus | Start ASAP

Build the Future of Specialty Insurance

Accelerant is transforming the specialty insurance industry through technology, data and AI. Our Risk Exchange combines proprietary data, technology and analytics to create a more efficient and scalable insurance ecosystem.

We're looking for a Senior Python Engineer to join our engineering team and play a key role in building the next generation of our technology platform.

The Role

This is an opportunity for a strong Python Engineer with hands‑on experience building and working with LLMs.

You’ll be responsible for developing, maintaining and improving intelligent systems that form part of Accelerant's technology platform. You’ll work across Python development and LLM/AI engineering, taking solutions from development through to production and ensuring they remain reliable, scalable and effective.

You’ll be involved in:

• Building and maintaining LLM-powered applications and services
• Developing production-grade software using Python
• Integrating and working with LLMs, APIs and AI technologies
• Designing, testing and improving LLM-based solutions
• Taking AI/LLM solutions into production and maintaining them at scale
• Troubleshooting and improving existing systems
• Contributing to technical architecture and engineering decisions
• Working closely with engineers and other technical teams to build intelligent products
• Exploring new AI technologies and identifying opportunities to improve the platform

What We’re Looking For

The two key requirements are:

• Hands‑on experience building, maintaining and working with LLMs / LLM-based applications

You’ll also ideally have experience with:

• Deploying and maintaining AI/LLM solutions in production
• LLM APIs, model integration or orchestration
• Cloud technologies
• Software engineering best practices, testing and CI/CD
• Working with data-intensive applications

Data Engineering experience is a bonus, particularly experience with:

• ETL/ELT

Why Accelerant?

This is a chance to work at the intersection of Python, AI, LLMs and data within a technology‑led company that’s transforming a global industry.

You’ll have the opportunity to work on interesting technical challenges, stay close to emerging AI technology and have genuine influence over how these capabilities are built and integrated into the platform.

• Fully remote – UK
• Competitive salary + bonus
• Senior-level technical ownership
• Hands‑on work with AI and LLM technologies
• Opportunity to work with large-scale proprietary data
• Collaborative, high-performing engineering environment

If you're a Senior Python Engineer with hands‑on LLM experience and want to work on meaningful AI applications within a growing technology business, we'd love to hear from you.