Senior NLP Engineer

Harnham; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote UK

Ownership & autonomy

Annual meetups

Research-driven team

Job summary

Harnham in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior NLP Engineer to lead NLP and LLM initiatives from research to production, building scalable AI products across enterprise communications data. This role offers remote work across the UK and high ownership in a growing RegTech AI company.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams, apply classical NLP and modern LLM methods, and shape the technical direction of the AI function while solving complex language challenges.

Qualifications

• Applied NLP/ML in production environments.
• Experience deploying models from research through production.
• Strong Python programming and software engineering fundamentals.
• Familiarity with large-scale unstructured data and NLP/LLM methods.

Responsibilities

• Own NLP and AI projects from concept to production deployment.
• Build models and pipelines for text, audio, video, and unstructured data.
• Apply classical NLP and modern LLM approaches.
• Develop scalable, customer-facing AI products and features.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and business teams.
• Influence technical direction within a seasoned AI function.

Skills

NLP/LLM expertise

Production ML deployment

Python proficiency

Unstructured data handling

Regulated environment experience

Education

Master's degree or PhD in NLP/ML/CS

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Senior NLP Engineer

Remote (UK) | £100,000 - £120,000 + Benefits

Are you a Master's or PhD-qualified NLP specialist looking to build AI products at scale? This is an opportunity to join a growing AI and compliance technology business where you'll own NLP and LLM initiatives from research through to production, working on complex language challenges across enterprise communications data.

The Company

They are an AI-driven software business operating within the RegTech and compliance space, helping large organisations manage risk across digital communications. Their products leverage NLP, machine learning, and LLMs to analyse large volumes of unstructured data across text, voice, video, and collaboration platforms.

The Role

• Own NLP and AI projects from concept through to production deployment
• Build models and pipelines analysing text, audio, video, and other unstructured data
• Apply both classical NLP techniques and modern LLM approaches
• Develop scalable, customer-facing AI products and features
• Work closely with engineering, product, and business teams
• Contribute to technical direction within a highly experienced AI function

Your Skills & Experience

• Master's degree or PhD in NLP, Machine Learning, AI, Computer Science, Linguistics, or a related quantitative field
• Commercial experience building and deploying NLP or ML solutions into production
• Strong understanding of both traditional NLP methods and modern LLMs
• Experience taking products from research or prototype stage through to production
• Strong Python and software engineering fundamentals
• Experience working with large-scale unstructured data
• Exposure to compliance, cybersecurity, financial services, or other regulated environments is beneficial

What They Offer

• £100,000 - £120,000 base salary
• Fully remote UK working
• High levels of ownership and autonomy
• Collaborative team with a strong research background
• Annual company and engineering meetups
• Clear progression opportunities as the business grows