AI/ Machine Learning Engineer (NLP / LLM) – Contract

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Full Description

AI/ Machine Learning Engineer (NLP / LLM) – Contract


Duration: 6 months


Rate: Up to £500 per day


IR35: Outside


Location: Fully Remote (occasional ad-hoc travel to office)


The Role

A leading Regulatory Tech company is seeking a Contract Machine Learning Engineer / Data Scientist to support the development of next-generation AI solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in designing and training Large Language Models (LLMs) from the ground up, and to contribute to the creation of an intelligent AI-powered chatbot that transforms the way information and insights are delivered. You’ll work closely with the client’s in-house data and engineering teams to design, train, and fine-tune transformer-based models for complex natural language processing tasks, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.


Experience Requirements

  • Proven experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs), including training LLMs from scratch.
  • Strong understanding of deep learning principles and experience working with transformer-based architectures (e.g., GPT, BERT, T5).
  • Solid background in data science and machine learning, including model development, training, evaluation, and deployment.
  • Experience building and deploying chatbots or conversational AI systems.
  • Knowledge of MLOps tools and pipelines for model versioning and deployment.

If you are available and interested in a 6-month Outside IR35 contract, please apply in the first instance and you will be contacted to discuss the position further.


Company

Involved Solutions


Level of experience (years)

Senior (5+ years of experience)


Tagged as: Industry, Language Modeling, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, NLP, United Kingdom


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