About this role
Salary: £52,000 - 60,000 per year
Requirements: Strong Python and backend development experienceHands-on experience with OpenAI / Azure OpenAI, prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings and vector searchProven experience building agentic AI with LangGraph or similar frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or CrewAIExperience with vector databases such as pgvector, Azure AI Search, Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, FAISS, Milvus, or OpenSearchExperience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP, plus Docker and KubernetesSolid grasp of API integration, tool/function calling, and agent orchestrationNice to have: Model Context Protocol (MCP)Nice to have: Kafka or event-driven architecturesNice to have: MLOps, LLM evaluation, observability, and monitoring Responsibilities: Design and develop GenAI applications using OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, or equivalent LLM platformsBuild multi-agent solutions with agent-orchestration frameworks such as LangGraphCreate Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines over enterprise knowledge using embeddings and vector searchDevelop scalable Python backend services and REST APIsIntegrate AI into existing business systems, databases, and third-party APIsOptimise prompts, retrieval quality, latency, and cost for live production workloads Technologies: Agentic AIAIAPIAWSOpenSearchAzureBackendCloudDockerGCPKafkaKubernetesLLMMCPMLOpsPythonRAGRESTDevOps More:
We are hiring a Senior AI Engineer (GenAI) on a 6-month contract in Mid Sussex with a hybrid working model of 3 days on-site per week. The rate is £575–£625 per day. We are looking for an experienced GenAI engineer to help us design and build secure, production-grade AI-powered applications on top of Large Language Models and modern AI frameworks, working with a cross-functional team to deliver solutions that are genuinely usable at scale.
last updated 33 week of 2026