Senior AI Engineer
Posted Today by Zealous Agency
£550 Per day
Outside
Remote
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior AI Engineer role is a contract position focused on designing and improving multi-agent pipelines within a well-funded early-stage AI tech company. The position requires strong Python development skills and hands-on experience with large language models (LLMs), operating with a high degree of autonomy while engaging with senior stakeholders. This is a senior, end-to-end engineering role with an initial contract duration of three months and potential for extension. The role is remote and UK-based only.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and improve multi-agent pipelines for core AI systems.
- Engage directly with senior stakeholders and take ownership of the platform.
- Operate with a high degree of autonomy in a senior engineering capacity.
Key Skills:
- Strong Python development skills.
- Hands-on experience with large language models (LLMs).
- AWS experience.
- Experience with LLM observability tooling (e.g. Langfuse, Datadog or similar).
- Experience testing non-deterministic AI systems.
- Familiarity with agent orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain or equivalent.
Salary (Rate): £550/day
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior AI Engineer - Contract
Type: Outside IR35
Rate: £500/day - £550/day
Location: Remote (UK-based only)
Duration: Initial 3-month contract, with scope for extension
The Engagement
Well-funded early-stage AI tech company disrupting its space. The team is small, technically strong, and moving quickly.
The Role
You will work directly on core AI systems designing and improving multi-agent pipelines. This is a senior, end-to-end engineering role. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, engage directly with senior stakeholders, and take meaningful ownership of the platform.
Key Requirements
- Strong Python development skills
- Hands-on experience with LLMs
- AWS experience
- LLM observability tooling (e.g. Langfuse, Datadog or similar) - essential
- Experience testing non-deterministic AI systems
- Familiarity with agent orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain or equivalent
If this is something of interest, apply with a copy of your CV or reach out to Ben Greensmith for more details.