Senior AI Engineer (Contract) – Agentic Systems, RiskTech

Brightwater Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 111,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightwater Recruitment is supporting a leading bank in Dublin for a Senior AI Engineer role in the Risk Tech team. The contractor will design and operate production-grade agentic AI systems, with a focus on reliability and scalable design in a highly regulated environment.

The role requires strong Python skills, experience with LangGraph or similar frameworks, and deep knowledge of RAG architectures and workflow orchestration. Hybrid in South Dublin, six-month rolling contract.

Qualifications

• Strong Python programming experience with enterprise-grade systems.
• Solid understanding of software engineering practices and design patterns.
• Excellent communication and ability to explain complex concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate agentic AI systems using Python.
• Hands-on development of agent workflows using LangGraph or equivalent orchestration frameworks.
• Design and implement context management for multi-step agent executions.
• Build and maintain RAG pipelines using structured and unstructured data sources.
• Integrate AI systems with internal platforms via RESTful and event-driven APIs.
• Define orchestration patterns for agents, tools and workflows (sync, async, human-in-the-loop).

Skills

Communication skills

Systems design

Software engineering

Problem solving

Tools

Python

LangGraph

RAG pipelines

RESTful APIs

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Job description

Brightwater Recruitment is supporting a leading bank in Dublin for a Senior AI Engineer role in the Risk Tech team. The contractor will design and operate production-grade agentic AI systems, with a focus on reliability and scalable design in a highly regulated environment.

The role requires strong Python skills, experience with LangGraph or similar frameworks, and deep knowledge of RAG architectures and workflow orchestration. Hybrid in South Dublin, six-month rolling contract.