AI Platform Engineer

£600 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 Month Contract

We're supporting a major UK financial services organisation that is investing heavily in AI, automation and next-generation digital capabilities. They are looking for an experienced AI Platform Engineer to help accelerate the adoption of enterprise AI solutions, build reusable capabilities, and deliver production-ready AI and automation services across the business.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll work closely with business stakeholders, architects, security teams and technology partners to transform AI opportunities into scalable solutions while maintaining strong governance and operational standards.

The Role

You will:

Build and enhance AI-powered applications and automation solutions.

Integrate and operationalise Large Language Models including GPT, Claude and Gemini.

Develop AI agents, workflow automation and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.

Design and develop integrations using REST APIs, GraphQL, OAuth 2.0 and JWT authentication.

Build and support Azure-hosted workloads and Kubernetes-based services.

Develop Python services and integrations.

Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions workflows.

Embed security controls and governance into the development lifecycle.

Help define engineering standards, reusable patterns and best practices.

Coach internal teams and contribute to the organisation's growing AI capability. Essential Skills & Experience

We're looking for candidates with strong experience in:

Cloud & Platform

Microsoft Azure

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub ActionsDevelopment

Python

API Development

REST APIs

GraphQLAI & Automation

Large Language Models (LLMs)

GPT, Claude and/or Gemini

AI Agents

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Vector Databases

LLM orchestration frameworksData

Databricks

PostgreSQL

MySQLDevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Secure coding practices

Security scanning and dependency management tools Desirable Experience

Financial Services experience

Experience within regulated environments

FCA awareness

Consumer Duty knowledge

Operational Resilience understanding

GDPR and data privacy experience

Delivering AI solutions into production environments

Working with global engineering teams What's on Offer?

£600 per day

Outside IR35

Initial 6-month contract

Opportunity to shape and influence a growing AI capability

Work with cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT, Claude, Gemini and AI agents

High-impact role within a major enterprise environment

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