Senior AI Systems Engineer — Hybrid, Impactful ML Architect

Canopius; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Discretionary bonus

Health insurance

Job summary

Canopius seeks a Senior Engineer to lead the design, development, and optimisation of intelligent AI systems powering next-generation applications in a hybrid, London-based setting with Manchester offices. You will architect scalable AI solutions, integrate vector/graph data stores, and drive end-to-end model lifecycles across tools and environments.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align AI capabilities with business goals, mentor junior engineers, and build cloud-native,

Qualifications

• Proven Python framework experience (FastAPI) for API development.
• Experience with vector/graph databases and RAG architectures.
• Hands-on with multi-agent orchestration frameworks.
• Solid understanding of LLMs, embeddings, and prompt engineering.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize AI-driven systems for scalability and performance.
• Develop agentic reasoning workflows using frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex.
• Lead the full AI lifecycle: data ingestion, embeddings, extraction, synthesis, prompt engineering, and orchestration.
• Deploy, monitor, and maintain models in Docker-based, containerized environments.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

Celery

PostgreSQL

Vector/Graph Databases

LangChain

LlamaIndex

LLMs & Embeddings

Prompt Engineering

Docker

Tools

Docker

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Job description

Canopius seeks a Senior Engineer to lead the design, development, and optimisation of intelligent AI systems powering next-generation applications in a hybrid, London-based setting with Manchester offices. You will architect scalable AI solutions, integrate vector/graph data stores, and drive end-to-end model lifecycles across tools and environments.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align AI capabilities with business goals, mentor junior engineers, and build cloud-native,