Quick overview
Job description
Python AI Engineer - Urgent
Hybrid - Regional Offices across UK
£480 Inside IR35
November start
2 Months Initial Contract
Python AI Engineer needed to design, develop and support production-grade AI solutions for a Financial Services client. Building Python applications, AI agents, LLM integrations and automated workflows across enterprise systems.
- Interviews - Friday/Monday
- Must have worked within Financial services
Key Responsibilities:
- Use Python Applications to develop and maintain production-quality, APIs and backend services.
- Develop and maintain AI agents, orchestration frameworks and automated workflows.
- Build MCP servers to enable secure integration with enterprise systems and data sources.
- Build RAG pipelines and enterprise search capabilities with accurate source attribution.
- Develop data pipelines and AI workflows using Databricks and Apache Spark.
- Support model development, testing, deployment and MLOps processes.
- Create Copilot experiences with human-in-the-loop review capabilities.
- Implement testing, monitoring and observability to ensure reliable production performance.
- Improve development efficiency through AI-assisted engineering tools and process automation.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Strong Python skills, with experience in Java, TypeScript or SQL.
- Software engineering experience, including development, testing and production support.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, security and application resilience.
- Experience with Apache Spark or similar data-processing technologies.
- Hands-on experience building LLM applications, including RAG, prompt engineering, tool calling and AI agents.
- Experience with APIs, event-driven architecture and enterprise integrations.
- Understanding of AI testing, evaluation, monitoring and deployment.
- Financial Services experience, ideally within a regulated enterprise environment.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.
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