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Role: Applied AI & Software Engineer

Location: London or Remote (UK-based)

Contract Type: Outside IR35

Duration: 6 months (with likely extensions)

Start Date: ASAP

Overview

We're supporting a pioneering AI company developing state-of-the-art open-weight foundation models. As part of their rapid growth, they're looking for an Applied AI Engineer to support technical engagements with clients - building real-world GenAI solutions and ensuring successful deployments across enterprise use cases.

This is a hands-on contract role at the cutting edge of applied AI, suited to someone who can bridge engineering, architecture, and client engagement.

What You'll Be Doing

Build and deliver scalable, AI-powered applications in collaboration with customers.
Integrate LLMs into client platforms across backend and frontend layers.
Guide customers through architecture, design, deployment, and optimisation.
Work closely with research, product, and engineering teams to feed back real-world insights.
Create reusable patterns, templates, and tooling to streamline delivery across clients.

Key Skills Required

4+ years' software or data engineering experience, with strong Python and TypeScript skills.
Hands-on with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, or Vue.js) and backend tools (Node.js).
Experience building or deploying LLM/GenAI-based applications.
Able to work across pre-sales and post-sales phases, including client-facing delivery.
Strong grasp of architecture, APIs, CI/CD, and cloud-native engineering.

Nice to Have

Previous work in customer-facing roles (e.g. Sales Engineer, Solutions Architect, Forward-Deployed Engineer).
Knowledge of model serving, vector databases, or RAG pipelines.
Open-source contributions or experience working with open-weight models.

The Offer

💼 Outside IR35
📍 Remote or London-based (offices available across Europe/Asia)
🕐 6-month contract, likely to extend
💸 Day rate: Competitive - depending on experience
🚀 Work with one of the most exciting names in open AI

If you're an experienced engineer who thrives at the interface of AI and product delivery, and you're looking for your next high-impact outside IR35 contract - let's talk

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