Contract Ai Engineer - Inside Ir35

THE DETAILS

£750-£800 per day

Inside IR35

Initial 3 months with likely extensions

Manchester or Leeds

2 days per week on-site

We're looking for an experienced AI Engineer to join a major enterprise AI transformation programme, working through a leading Managed Service Provider.

This is an initial 3-month contract with likely extensions, offering £750-£800 per day Inside IR35 and requiring 2 days per week on-site in Manchester or Leeds.

You'll be working within a complex, enterprise-scale environment, designing and building AI solutions using AI Agents, Large Language Models and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Designing, building and developing AI Agents and agentic AI solutions
• Building and enhancing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions
• Writing, developing and optimising prompts for LLM applications
• Developing and testing APIs to integrate AI services and enterprise systems
• Building AI engineering solutions using Python and SQL
• Testing and evaluating AI/LLM outputs for quality, accuracy and reliability
• Integrating AI solutions with enterprise data, platforms and applications
• Developing scalable, production-ready AI solutions within a complex enterprise environment

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• Strong experience building AI Agents / agentic AI solutions
• Strong commercial RAG and LLM experience
• Excellent prompt writing and prompt engineering skills
• Experience developing, integrating and testing APIs
• Strong Python and SQL skills
• Experience delivering AI solutions within large-scale enterprise environments
• Experience taking AI/LLM solutions beyond proof-of-concept and into production would be beneficial

KEY SKILLS

• AI Engineer
• AI Agents
• Agentic AI
• Artificial Intelligence
• Generative AI
• GenAI
• LLM
• Large Language Models
• RAG
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• Prompt Engineering
• Prompt Writing
• APIs
• API Testing
• API Integration
• Python
• SQL
• Enterprise AI
• Enterprise Technology