Senior AI Engineer (Contract) - Remote, SC Clearance

James Adams; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

James Adams is seeking a Senior AI Engineer on a 6-month contract to integrate LLMs and AI capabilities into production software. You will work in a cross-functional team to translate complex product requirements into reliable, scalable AI solutions.

This role is fully remote across the UK and requires active UK SC Clearance. You will contribute to building robust AI features used in high-availability production environments.

Qualifications

• 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
• Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

AI/ML concepts

Python

TypeScript

Production deployment

LLM orchestration

Job description

James Adams is seeking a Senior AI Engineer on a 6-month contract to integrate LLMs and AI capabilities into production software. You will work in a cross-functional team to translate complex product requirements into reliable, scalable AI solutions.

This role is fully remote across the UK and requires active UK SC Clearance. You will contribute to building robust AI features used in high-availability production environments.