AI Engineer

Salary: £49,000 - 89,000 per year

Requirements:

• 5+ years in AI/ML engineering or software development, with production AI deployment experience
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with strong AI/ML/NLP foundations
• Strong Python skills, familiarity with Java/Kotlin, and solid API design experience
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, and LLM APIs such as OpenAI and Anthropic
• Skilled in prompt engineering and orchestrating AI agents/chatbots
• Familiarity with cloud AI services, with Azure preferred, as well as Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and monitoring
• Strong debugging, collaboration, and continuous-learning mindset
• Experience with vector databases and RAG, such as OpenSearch and ElasticSearch, is nice to have

Responsibilities:

• Own AI solutions end-to-end, from concept to production and ongoing optimization
• Architect LLM-powered applications, multi-agent workflows, and autonomous systems
• Orchestrate LLMs through advanced prompt engineering and fine-tuning
• Deploy and monitor AI services in production, tracking quality, hallucination rates, and decision accuracy
• Build scalable, cost-effective infrastructure with automated evaluation and fallback mechanisms
• Ensure security, compliance, and rapid iteration based on user feedback

Technologies:

• AI
• AI Agents
• API
• OpenSearch
• Architect
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Docker
• ElasticSearch
• Fine-tuning
• Java
• Kotlin
• Kubernetes
• LLM
• Python
• RAG
• Security

More:

We are offering a hybrid AI Engineer role with a salary of 85,000-120,000. We build AI systems that users actually experience, focusing on autonomous, user-facing AI solutions that perform reliably at scale rather than just in a demo. Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

last updated 37 week of 2026