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Sign UpAI/ML Engineer - Boston, MA, Hartford, CT, Princeton, NJ, Newark, NJ, New York C...
Posted 1 day ago by TechniPros, LLC
ResponsibilitiesDevelop, train, and deploy machine learning models for business applications.Build NLP and computer visi...
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- Location Remote or Boston, Massachusetts
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Cloud Generative AI Engineer - rlando, FL, Columbia, SC, Atlanta, GA, Charlotte,...
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Job SummaryWe are seeking a Cloud Generative AI Engineer with expertise in cloud-native AI development, production deplo...
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- Location Remote or Orlando, Florida
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Principal AI/ML Engineer - Columbia, SC, Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC, Tampa, FL,...
Posted 1 day ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are seeking a Principal AI/ML Engineer to architect enterprise AI platforms supporting predictive analytic...
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- Location Remote or Columbia, South Carolina
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Sign UpPrincipal Generative AI & Agentic AI Engineer - Durham, NC, Orlando, FL, Columbi...
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Job SummaryWe are seeking a Principal Agentic AI Engineer to build next-generation autonomous AI platforms using multi-a...
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- Location Remote or Durham, North Carolina
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Senior Generative AI Engineer (Google Gemini & Vertex AI) - Remote
Posted 1 day ago by DivIHN Integration Inc.
Day to Day ResponsibilitiesRAG & Prompt Engineering: Craft and refine effective prompts for RAG, grounding, and cont...
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- Location Remote
Agentic AI Engineer - Newark, NJ, New York City, NY, Boston, MA, Hartford, CT, P...
Posted 1 day ago by TechniPros, LLC
Job SummaryWe are seeking an experienced Agentic AI Engineer Lead to drive the design, development, and implementation o...
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Forward Deployed Solution Engineer - Applied AI FDE
Posted 1 day ago by ServiceNow, Inc.
Company DescriptionIt all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Ph...
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- Location Remote or Santa Clara, California
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About Our Remote Working AI Engineer Contract Roles
What does a ai engineer contractor do?
As a contract AI Engineer, you are hired to build, integrate, and deploy artificial intelligence systems and capabilities within real-world technology environments. The work sits between the research and experimentation of data science and the production engineering of software development, focusing on taking AI models and capabilities from development into scalable, reliable deployment. Common contract engagements include building and fine-tuning large language model integrations, developing machine learning pipelines, creating AI-powered features within existing products, and implementing the infrastructure needed to serve models at scale. AI Engineers are in high demand across technology companies, financial services, healthcare, and any organisation undergoing significant AI adoption.
Python proficiency is universal in AI engineering, alongside hands-on experience with frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or the Hugging Face ecosystem for model development and fine-tuning. Experience with cloud AI platforms including AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, or Google Vertex AI is widely expected, as is familiarity with MLOps tooling for model deployment, monitoring, and versioning. For roles involving LLM integration, experience with prompt engineering, RAG architectures, vector databases, and API-based model consumption is increasingly a baseline requirement. Strong software engineering practices including testing, version control, and CI/CD pipelines are expected as standard across all AI engineering contract roles.
What is the market like for ai engineer contractors?
AI Engineer is a particularly in-demand contractor roles in the UK technology market, with demand growing faster than supply across virtually every sector. The acceleration of LLM adoption has created a substantial new category of AI engineering work focused on integrating foundation models into existing products and workflows. Day rates have risen significantly and show no sign of stabilising given the structural supply-demand imbalance. Contractors with production experience deploying AI systems at scale, rather than purely research or experimentation backgrounds, are in the strongest position and consistently attract the highest rates in this category.
What does 'remote working' mean for ai engineer contractors?
Remote contract roles are delivered primarily from the contractor's own location rather than the client's premises. In the UK contractor market, "remote" covers a range of arrangements, from fully remote with no on-site requirement through to predominantly remote roles that involve periodic travel for workshops or stakeholder meetings, typically a few days per month.
Remote contracts can show different rate patterns compared to on-site or hybrid positions. In some cases, remote working reduces location-driven rate premiums; in others, rates remain aligned to the employer's location or market benchmarks. As with all contract roles, rates are primarily driven by scope, expertise, and delivery expectations rather than working arrangement alone.
The availability of remote contracting varies by role and sector. Technology, data, and digital roles offer the broadest remote opportunities, while financial services and government clients more commonly require hybrid arrangements. Contractors evaluating remote opportunities should clarify on-site expectations before accepting, as definitions of "remote" vary between clients.
How much do ai engineer contractors usually earn when working remotely?
Contract rates for ai engineer roles typically range from £600 to £1000 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement. Remote roles may sit at different points within this range depending on the employer's location and whether any on-site attendance is required.
How many remote working ai engineer vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 200 ai engineer contract roles across the site. Around 50% of the jobs currently listed on Quality Contracts offer some sort of remote or hybrid working arranegment. Data reviewed up to July 2026.