Senior AI Engineer

Vallum Associates
London, United Kingdom
Yesterday
£550 – £600 pa

Salary

£550 – £600 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Visa Sponsorship
Available
Posted
13 Jul 2026 (Yesterday)

Benefits

Private healthcare Pension scheme 25 days holiday + bank holidays Remote working allowance Professional development budget

Your responsibilities:

· Design and develop agentic AI systems capable of multi-step reasoning, planning, and action execution

· Build scalable AI applications using Python as the core development language

· Develop and integrate solutions using Azure OpenAI Services, including prompt engineering, embeddings, and fine-tuning strategies

· Implement orchestration pipelines using Semantic Kernel and LangGraph for multi-agent workflows

· Integrate tools, APIs, and enterprise systems using MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar frameworks

· Design memory, state management, and context-aware agent behaviors

· Optimize performance, cost, and latency of LLM-based solutions

· Collaborate with solution architects, product teams, and stakeholders to translate business use cases into AI solutions

· Ensure governance, security, and responsible AI practices are embedded into solutions

Your Profile

Key Responsibilities

· Design agent architectures

· Define orchestration patterns

· Design tool strategy and integration approach

· Lead implementation of AI services

· Establish coding standards and best practices

· Guide evaluation and safety approaches

· Support production deployments and troubleshooting

Hands-on Skills Required

· Design multi-agent solutions

· Design RAG architecture

· Implement complex orchestration workflows

· Build scalable AI microservices

· Define AI governance patterns

· Troubleshoot production AI solutions

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