Artificial Intelligence Jobs

University of Exeter · Exeter · £21,805 pa

Investigates how two neuroscience developments—astrocyte-neuron interactions and spontaneous retinal waves—can improve deep networks. The work involves adding astrocyte-inspired regularisation to training and using synaptic plasticity rules for network initialisation, then testing generalisation, robustness, explainability, learning speed and data efficiency.

University of Exeter · Exeter · £21,805 pa

Investigates whether small language models running on local workstations or on-premises servers can serve as reliable agents for bounded business workflows. The student will distil agentic capability from large teacher models via harness optimisation and fine-tuning on execution traces, measuring reliability, cost, latency and data locality, and releasing open tooling for UK SMEs.

King's College London · London · £45,031 – £52,514 pa

Designs, builds and evaluates AI-enabled evidence synthesis tools and pipelines for the METIUS programme, writing production-quality Python code and onboarding consortium partners. Runs methodological and evaluation studies on the reliability and usability of AI-assisted synthesis methods, publishing the results, and contributes to the Solace-AI project on climate-health emergencies. Works alongside software developers, data scientists and evidence synthesis specialists.

Adecco · London · £700 – £800 pd

Drives enterprise-wide AI adoption within an EMEA Data Management Office, bridging business needs and AI capabilities. Develops use cases, playbooks and prompt libraries, runs training and champion networks, and tracks adoption, value and ROI. Hybrid role in London, three days per week on site.

Sanderson · London · £550 – £700 pd

Builds, deploys and maintains machine learning models and end-to-end ML pipelines in a modern cloud environment, writing production-quality Python and SQL. Works with data scientists, analysts and engineers to take AI products from proof of concept to production, including NLP and large language model work, plus monitoring and documentation.

University of Southampton · Southampton · £41,064 – £45,064 pa

Embed physics-informed generative AI tools into a marine vessel concept, generation and evaluation platform as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Compute Maritime Ltd and the University of Southampton. Develop and validate fast physics-informed models for ship resistance, propulsion and energy efficiency using CFD and benchmark data, and integrate multidisciplinary optimisation methods into the NeuralShipper platform.

SJIT · London · £550 – £650 pd

Lead a London specialty insurer's first AI initiative from a blank slate, identifying and prioritising use cases such as broker submissions, document processing and claims data. Shape the data, tooling and governance foundations, then build and ship production solutions using LLMs, RAG and cloud AI services. The role also involves explaining work to senior stakeholders and handing over to the in-house team.

C4S Search Ltd · London · £600 – £650 pd

Designs, builds and deploys machine learning models into production, with a focus on recommendation systems such as personalised product recommendations, ranking and search optimisation. Works with data scientists, engineers and product stakeholders, maintaining MLOps pipelines for CI/CD, model versioning and monitoring on Azure, and retraining models to sustain accuracy on large-scale datasets.

Randstad Technologies Recruitment · London · £432 – £484 pd

Design and deploy production-grade Generative AI workflows and backend security guardrails for a global financial institution's AI Centre of Excellence. The role blends Python/Java engineering, AWS and Azure cloud pipelines with Airflow orchestration, plus roughly 20-25% frontend work on guardrail interfaces, alongside production support and ML evaluation metrics.

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler · Merseyside · £480 – £500 pd

Owns the target architecture and design authority for an enterprise Factory Edge hosting service, defining reference architectures, reusable site patterns and guardrails across VMs, Kubernetes, MES/UNS and AI/GPU workloads. Acts as design authority across infrastructure, cloud, networking, security and OT, with occasional factory visits in Merseyside.

Matchtech · Cambridgeshire · £450 – £650 pd

Contract Python developer role focused on building and maintaining software for integration with a defence cloud environment. Day-to-day work spans data and AI, automation and tooling, and DevOps, using Red Hat OpenShift, Quay, HashiCorp Vault, Tekton Pipelines, GitHub, ArgoCD and SonarQube within agile teams. Requires UK Eyes Only clearance eligibility and is based on-site/hybrid in Cambridgeshire.

eFinancialCareers · London · £450 – £550 pd

Develops and maintains C# software and algorithms that process incoming news streams, turning financial and market data into accessible information for research and investment decisions. Also explores artificial intelligence to enhance information processing and contributes to the wider software infrastructure supporting Global Research services. Works alongside Python-based tooling within a consultancy team serving financial services clients.

Newcastle University · Newcastle upon Tyne · £37,369 – £51,258 pa

Manage the experimental delivery of an AI- and bioinformatics-augmented, high-throughput platform for discovering and engineering PET-depolymerising enzymes. Combines synthetic biology, enzyme engineering and bioinformatics to improve PETase, MHETase/BHETase and PET-binding modules through rapid Design-Build-Test-Learn cycles, working with ICOS, EBIC and international collaborators in Argentina.

DCV Technologies · Windsor · £550 – £600 pd

Hands-on contract role designing, testing and optimising production-grade LLM prompts for chatbots, voice bots, IVR and messaging channels. Involves building agentic AI workflows with tool calling and multi-step reasoning, implementing RAG and evaluation frameworks, and adding guardrails for privacy, PII and hallucination reduction. Works with engineering, product and CX teams on a major digital transformation programme.

University of East Anglia · Norwich

Develops hybrid fault diagnosis methods for wind turbine drivetrains, combining analytical models of drivetrain physics with AI-driven data analysis to improve fault detection and classification. Work spans analytical studies, computer simulations, finite element analysis, and experimental development and validation, addressing a gap in condition monitoring for electrical faults.