Applied AI Engineer

SoCode
London, United Kingdom
Today
£120,000 – £140,000 pa

Salary

£120,000 – £140,000 pa

Posted
23 Sep 2026 (Today)

We’re looking for an Applied AI Engineer to join a growing AI organisation and work closely with the research and engineering teams to build high-quality, production-grade AI systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and build solutions using LLMs, RAG and related AI technologies

Develop and maintain high-quality production software

Architect and maintain microservice-based systems

Take ownership of technical problems from concept through to production

Work closely with research and engineering teams in an Agile/Scrum environment

Provide technical guidance and support to more junior engineers

You’ll ideally have:

Experience building LLM-driven systems, including RAG

Commercial Python development experience

Strong understanding of clean, maintainable and well-tested software

Fluency with agentic tooling

Excellent technical communication skills

Bachelor’s degree from a leading or internationally recognised university

A strong product mindset and focus on delivering user value

A self-starting, creative approach to problem solving

Desirable Experience:

Deep learning and traditional machine learning

LLM fine-tuning

Microservice architecture

Modern LLM tooling and evaluation approaches

Further Information:

The role is paying up to £140,000pa + bonus and is based in London with Hybrid working on offer. This role is not providing sponsorship

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