AI Developer - Perm £50k
AI Developer/AI Engineer - Digital Agency
Hybrid - London (3 days in office)
£50,000 p.a.
An award-winning digital and technology consultancy is looking for an AI Developer to join a highly collaborative engineering team focused on the practical, production-ready application of AI.
This is a hands-on role where you'll design and deliver agentic AI solutions, working closely with engineers, designers and strategists to build brand-safe, high-quality AI features used by real clients.
What you'll be doing
- Designing and implementing agent-based workflows and prompt strategies
- Building RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) systems using client-specific data
- Optimising AI performance across latency, token usage and response quality
- Deploying AI services into production using Python
- Benchmarking and validating AI outputs against quality and safety guardrails
- Translating emerging AI capabilities into stable, shippable product features
What we're looking for
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, with solid Python experience
- Hands-on experience working with LLM APIs and AI orchestration
- Experience taking AI features from concept to production
- A pragmatic, engineering-led approach to applied AI
Nice to have
- Python for data processing or model evaluation
- Experience with collaboration platforms or Embedded messaging tools
- Exposure to C#/.NET
- Front End knowledge for conversational or prototype UIs
- Previous Digital Agency experience
Working pattern & benefits
- Hybrid working: London office Tuesday-Thursday, remote Mondays and Fridays
- Flexible working hours and a strong work-life balance culture
- Competitive benefits package including private medical cover, pension, income protection and enhanced parental leave
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays and additional Christmas closure)
- Ongoing training, development and a genuinely collaborative environment
This is an excellent opportunity for an AI-focused engineer who wants to work on real-world AI implementations, not experimentation in isolation.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.