Senior AI Engineer - Remote EdTech, Scalable LLMs

Anson McCade; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working

Competitive salary

Job summary

Anson McCade in London is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to define and lead AI strategy across our learning platform. You will architect scalable AI services, integrate ML capabilities, and collaborate with product, design, and data science teams to deliver personalized learner experiences.

The role focuses on production-grade AI systems, cloud-native architectures, and responsible AI practices, with remote working options and a salary range reflecting senior expertise.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building and deploying AI or machine learning products in production.
• Expert-level software engineering skills, particularly in Python.
• Strong experience with LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, prompt engineering, and model evaluation.
• Experience building cloud-native applications on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of MLOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes, containerisation, and scalable system architecture.
• Experience integrating AI into customer-facing products.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.
• Experience within EdTech, SaaS, or digital consumer products.
• Knowledge of adaptive learning, recommendation systems, or educational analytics.
• Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases, and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Understanding of responsible AI, privacy, and ethical AI development.
• Passion for improving education through technology.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the technical vision for AI across our learning platform.
• Architect and build scalable AI services using large language models, machine learning, and modern cloud technologies.
• Develop intelligent learning experiences including personalised learning journeys, AI tutors, content generation, assessment, recommendations, and learner support tools.
• Build production-ready AI systems with a strong focus on quality, reliability, security, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Learning Design, Data Science, and Engineering teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to improve learner engagement and educational outcomes.
• Establish engineering standards, AI governance, and best practices across our organisation.
• Mentor senior engineers and help grow a high-performing AI engineering capability.

Skills

AI/ML production deployment

Python

LLMs/RAG/AI agents

Cloud-native apps

MLOps/Kubernetes

Team leadership

EdTech/SaaS experience

LangChain/LlamaIndex

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Vector databases

AI orchestration frameworks

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Job description

Anson McCade in London is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to define and lead AI strategy across our learning platform. You will architect scalable AI services, integrate ML capabilities, and collaborate with product, design, and data science teams to deliver personalized learner experiences.

The role focuses on production-grade AI systems, cloud-native architectures, and responsible AI practices, with remote working options and a salary range reflecting senior expertise.