Applied AI Engineer
Sterling Bridge · London, England ·
Role: Applied AI Engineer Location: Central London Salary: £90,000–£130,000 + Bonus + Equity Enterprise AI Consultancy | Complex Client Challenges | Deliver AI That Drives Business Impact We're working with a specialist technology consultancy helping organisations unlock the potential of Artificial Intelligence through advanced engineering and practical AI implementation.
They're looking for an Applied AI Engineer who can combine strong software engineering fundamentals with hands-on AI expertise to help design and deliver solutions for enterprise clients. Rather than focusing solely on research or experimentation, you'll be involved in solving real business problems.
Working closely with technical teams and client stakeholders, you'll help identify opportunities where AI can make a measurable difference, translate requirements into technical solutions and take those solutions through to deployment.
You'll be working across LLM-powered applications, intelligent agents, retrieval-augmented generation and AI-driven automation. The role offers exposure to a variety of business challenges, giving you the opportunity to work across different industries, environments and technical requirements.
The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a client-facing engineering environment, capable of explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and confident taking ownership of solutions from initial discovery through to production.
Experience within a start-up, founder-led business or an environment where you've built products from the ground up would be a major advantage. Required
Skills
Strong Python development and software engineering experience. Commercial experience delivering AI solutions into production. Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG and AI agent architectures. Experience using LangChain, LangGraph, Hugging Face or similar frameworks.
Knowledge of vector databases such as Pinecone. Experience building APIs and integrating AI into existing applications. Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Strong communication skills and confidence working with clients and stakeholders. Exclusive
Benefits
Salary ranging from £90,000–£130,000. Bonus and equity package. Opportunity to work on complex enterprise AI projects. Direct exposure to senior stakeholders and client organisations. Involvement across the complete AI solution lifecycle.
Opportunity to influence how businesses adopt and implement AI. If you're an Applied AI Engineer who enjoys tackling complex challenges, working with enterprise clie...
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