Principle AI Data Engineer (contract)

London
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Principal AI / Data Engineer (Contract):

Length: 3 months initally (extension is likely)

Start Date: ASAP

Location: London, Hybrid (1 day per week)

Pay Rate / Determination: £(Apply online only) p/d | Outside IR35

About: Opus is supporting a UK-based digital consultancy partnering with organisations to design, build and scale high‑impact digital and AI‑driven products, with a strong people‑first culture.

The role:

A hands‑on Principal AI / Data Engineer contract to assess, shape and deliver improvements to a live AI platform across two critical workstreams.

You'll be responsible for:

Assessing the current AI and data platform and define clear, actionable improvements

Lead on delivery across two workstreams, aligning product, data and engineering

Improving the natural language data exploration platform, focusing on trust and semantic consistency

Designing and implementing scalable, multi‑source data pipelines and architecture

About you:

Strong experience with Python and AWS

Deep knowledge of data pipelines, AI/ML systems and modelling

Experience with LLM- or NLP‑powered platforms

Strong focus on scalable, reliable system designPlease apply now and reach out to Adam at Opus for more information

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