AI Engineer

Overview

AI Engineer

6-month contract (extensions highly likely)

£480-£520 per day Outside ir35

Remote contract

We're looking for an experienced AI/ML Engineer to help our Central Government client build high-performance machine learning systems and cutting-edge AI features. You'll work with technologies like LLMs, OCR, object detection, and cloud-native deployments, contributing to scalable, production-ready solutions in a collaborative, agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy ML models using Transformers, PyTorch, YOLO, OpenCV, and more.
• Work with LLMs, image analysis, and object detection in real-world applications.
• Design and optimize APIs using FastAPI and integrate with external systems.
• Deploy scalable AI systems using AWS (Lambda, S3, SQS, EKS/ECS), CDK, and modern DevOps practices.
• Collaborate on infrastructure and data pipelines using SQLAlchemy, Boto3, Pandas, and Airflow.
• Contribute to real-time AI services, model versioning, and advanced fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, etc.).

Qualifications

• Solid Python skills (3.9+) with deep knowledge of async, OOP, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with LLM fine-tuning, image processing, and ML libraries.
• Experience building and maintaining cloud-native AI/ML services.
• Familiarity with Agile development, TDD, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Bonus: experience with multi-modal models, RLHF, or edge deployments.

If you possess the above technical skills and hands-on experience, please apply today!

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.