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Salary: £54,000 - 94,000 per year
Requirements: Strong software engineering capability, primarily in TypeScript; Python is an additional benefit.Backend and API development skills.Demonstrated ability to design, deploy, and operate production-grade AI systems, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.Expertise in Agentic AI systems, including RAG, prompt engineering, LLM integration, MCP, agentic workflows, model evaluation, and fine-tuning.Cloud infrastructure expertise for deploying AI applications; AWS is preferred.Expertise in CI/CD best practices, including orchestration, containerization, and testing.Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business problems into technical solutions.Preferred: Experience with monorepo technologies such as Nx or Lerna; infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform; multi-application deployment pipelines; and frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Svelte.Preferred: Experience with multi-agent orchestration tools such as LangGraph, LangChain, or PocketFlow, and evaluating prompts, agents, and pipelines in multi-agent solutions.Preferred: Experience with Neo4j or a similar knowledge graph database technology. Responsibilities: Design and lead delivery of our Agentic AI platform and applications, including RAG systems and agent workflows, for internal and external customers.Establish engineering best practices for GenAI and LLM applications, including system design patterns, evaluation approaches, and standards for reliability, scalability, and maintainability across the AI engineering lifecycle.Mentor engineers, influence architectural direction, and drive successful delivery and adoption of Agentic AI capabilities. Technologies: Agentic AIAIAPIAWSAngularBackendCI/CDCloudFine-tuningFrontendGraph DatabaseSupportLLMMCPNeo4JNxPythonRAGReactSvelteTerraformTypeScriptFullstack More:
We are Abcam, a Danaher operating company working in life sciences, diagnostics, and biotechnology. We provide biological reagents and solutions to life scientists working on areas including cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases, and metabolic disorders. Our worldwide team includes more than 1,400 colleagues, and we use the Danaher Business Systems continuous improvement approach to support innovation and customer impact. This Principal Full Stack Engineer (Agentic AI) role is part of our AI and Data Team in Cambridge, UK, reports to the Senior Director of AI and Data Strategy, and is an on-site, full-time position. We offer comprehensive benefits, including healthcare programs and paid time off.
last updated 40 week of 2026