Senior Ai Voice Engineer
Posted Today by Arrows Group Professional Limited
£550 Per day
Outside
Remote
London, UK
Summary: The Senior AI Voice Engineer will be responsible for building and scaling a production-grade AI voice platform for a major UK financial services organization. This role requires taking existing Python-based prototypes into production, defining architecture, and influencing technical decisions. The position involves direct collaboration with senior stakeholders and focuses on creating scalable solutions for real customer interactions. This is an initial 6-month contract with remote work and occasional London meet-ups.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing and building production-grade AI voice agent solutions
- Developing scalable Python services and APIs
- Working with speech-to-text (STT), large language models (LLMs) and text-to-speech (TTS) technologies
- Evaluating and recommending architecture decisions across voice AI platforms
- Building resilient, low-latency conversational systems
- Integrating AI voice capabilities into existing customer service workflows
- Defining monitoring, observability and performance standards
- Helping transition existing prototypes into a secure, scalable production platform
Key Skills:
- Commercial experience with Azure Voice Live, ElevenLabs, or Deepgram
- Expert Python development
- Experience with Real Time AI systems
- Knowledge of LLM-powered applications
- Familiarity with conversational AI platforms
- API design and integration skills
- Understanding of cloud-native architecture
- Experience with production deployment and scalability
- Knowledge of voice, speech, or contact centre technology
Salary (Rate): £550 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior AI Voice Engineer
£500 - £550 per day
Outside IR35
Remote (occasional London meet-up)
Initial 6 Month Contract
We are looking for a Senior AI Voice Engineer to help build and scale a production-grade AI voice platform for a major UK financial services organisation.
This is not a proof-of-concept role.
The business has already built initial Python-based prototypes and is now looking for an experienced contractor to take the solution into production, helping define the architecture, challenge technical decisions, and build a scalable platform capable of handling real customer interactions.
You'll work directly with senior stakeholders and have significant influence over both the technical direction and implementation approach.
What You'll Be Doing
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Designing and building production-grade AI voice agent solutions
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Developing scalable Python services and APIs
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Working with speech-to-text (STT), large language models (LLMs) and text-to-speech (TTS) technologies
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Evaluating and recommending architecture decisions across voice AI platforms
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Building resilient, low-latency conversational systems
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Integrating AI voice capabilities into existing customer service workflows
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Defining monitoring, observability and performance standards
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Helping transition existing prototypes into a secure, scalable production platform
Desired Experience
We're particularly interested in engineers with commercial experience of one or more of:
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Azure Voice Live
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ElevenLabs
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Deepgram
As well as:
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Expert Python development
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Real Time AI systems
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LLM-powered applications
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Conversational AI platforms
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API design and integration
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Cloud-native architecture
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Production deployment and scalability
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Voice, speech or contact centre technology
Ideal Background
You may have worked as:
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AI Voice Engineer
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Conversational AI Engineer
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Speech AI Engineer
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AI Platform Engineer
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Senior Python Engineer
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Applied AI Engineer
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who has built and deployed AI voice solutions before and can help shape the architecture rather than simply implement requirements.
Interview Process
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1/2 stage interview - Depending on manager availability
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Immediate start available
