Junior Developer - AI Agent Engineer

Junior Developer - AI Agent Engineer

Posted Today by e-resourcing Limited

£390 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London, UK

Summary: The Junior Developer - AI Agent Engineer role involves working on the design, development, and optimization of AI applications and agentic tools for an eCommerce client. This position is a 3-month initial contract based in London, requiring a hybrid working arrangement. The role emphasizes enhancing productivity and streamlining services through innovative web development solutions. Candidates will utilize AI-powered tools and maintain documentation related to agent design and performance monitoring.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work on the development and optimisation of AI applications and agentic tools
  • Use Claude Code as an AI-powered coding assistant in your daily workflow
  • Maintain documentation for agent design, logic, inputs/outputs and monitoring processes
  • Support ongoing monitoring of technology performance, identifying risks and opportunities for improvements

Key Skills:

  • Experience using tools such as LangGraph, CrewAI, or Autogen to manage state, memory and routing between multiple Claude agents
  • Strong knowledge of Claude specific features, such as Tool Use (Function Calling), prompt caching to save costs and optimising context windows
  • Proficiency in Python or TypeScript to connect Claude to external databases, vector stores (Pinecone or ChromaDB) and external enterprise API's
  • Good understanding of system resilience - the ability to implement fallback mechanisms, error handling and structures outputs (JSON formatting)
  • A degree in Computer Science would be advantageous

Salary (Rate): £390 per day

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Junior Developer - AI Agent Engineer - 3 month initial contract - £350 - £390 per day (via umbrella) - London - Hybrid

Developer/AI/Claude/Junior/Agent/LangGraph/CrewAI

Our eCommerce client is looking for a Junior Developer (AI Agent Engineer) to join their team on an initial 3 month contract. You will work on the design, development and optimisation of AI and agentic applications, that enhance productivity, streamline services and enrich web development.

Key responsibilities:

  • Work on the development and optimisation of AI applications and agentic tools
  • Use Claude Code as an AI-powered coding assistant in your daily workflow
  • Maintain documentation for agent design, logic, inputs/outputs and monitoring processes
  • Support ongoing monitoring of technology performance, identifying risks and opportunities for improvements

Experience:

  • Experience using tools such as LangGraph, CrewAI, or Autogen to manage state, memory and routing between multiple Claude agents
  • Strong knowledge of Claude specific features, such as Tool Use (Function Calling), prompt caching to save costs and optimising context windows
  • Proficiency in Python or TypeScript to connect Claude to external databases, vector stores (Pinecone or ChromaDB) and external enterprise API's
  • Good understanding of system resilience - the ability to implement fallback mechanisms, error handling and structures outputs (JSON formatting)
  • A degree in Computer Science would be advantageous

Developer/AI/Claude/Junior/Agent/LangGraph/CrewAI

If you feel you have the experience required, then please do apply!