Principal AI Engineer — Production-Grade Systems

Zebra People Ltd; London; Hybrid; NOK 1,403,000 - 1,914,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid in-office 50%

29 days holiday + bank holidays

Strong pension and private medical

Job summary

Zebra People Ltd is expanding its Applied AI function in the UK, recruiting a Principal Applied AI Engineer to own complex AI systems from architecture through to production. You will lead the design of multi-agent systems, shape evaluation standards, and build reusable AI capabilities while mentoring others and setting technical direction across engineering teams.

You’ll work hands-on in production environments with strong Python foundations, collaborating with product, architecture and

Qualifications

• Strong Python software engineering foundations and production-ready delivery experience.
• Experience taking agentic/LLM-powered systems into production beyond PoCs/prototypes.
• Hands-on MCP experience building or integrating servers/tools.
• Deep understanding of agent architectures and orchestration, including LangGraph/LangChain.
• Experience with context engineering, memory architectures and reusable AI tooling.
• Experience with modern AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex or Copilot.
• Ability to own architecture, direction, mentoring and engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Own complex AI systems from architecture to production.
• Lead design of multi-agent systems and evaluation/quality standards.
• Build reusable AI capabilities and shape Applied AI engineering practices.
• Mentor others and set technical direction across teams.
• Operate hands-on in production environments with senior stakeholders.

Skills

Python

Production systems

LLM-powered systems

Evaluation frameworks

MCP servers/integration

Agent architectures

Context engineering

Memory architectures

AI tooling

Communication with stakeholders

Tools

LangGraph

LangChain

Claude Code

Codex

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Zebra People Ltd is expanding its Applied AI function in the UK, recruiting a Principal Applied AI Engineer to own complex AI systems from architecture through to production. You will lead the design of multi-agent systems, shape evaluation standards, and build reusable AI capabilities while mentoring others and setting technical direction across engineering teams.

You’ll work hands-on in production environments with strong Python foundations, collaborating with product, architecture and