Contract - Ai Engineer

Sphere Digital Recruitment | Best Small Company2022
London
1 year ago
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An exciting Ai Start up in London is looking for a AiEngineer. - Based in London - 1 days a week in the office - Startdate: 15/11/24 - £400 - £450pd Outside IR35 The Job As the AiEngineer, your responsibilities will include: - Lead LLM-basedinitiatives using tools such as Langchain, OpenAI, and Gemini,focusing on best-in-class solutions. - Following the initialpilots, prioritise building scalable and maintainable architecture.- Collaborate with designers and engineers to ensure usability,functionality, and visual appeal meet client expectations, offeringinput on both feasibility and usability. - Drive the transitionfrom pilot to full-scale product deployment, including expandingthe team. - Work in an agile, iterative development process. -Oversee code quality, architecture, and frontend/backendintegration. - Engage with clients to gather requirements, provideupdates, and incorporate feedback. - Collaborate with seniorleadership on product roadmaps and technical strategies. - Stay upto date with AI, machine learning, and software development trendsto continually enhance solutions. You - Proficient in Python withexperience in Django, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, and LLMlibraries (Langchain, LLamaIndex). - Familiar with Google CloudPlatform (preferred) or AWS, and managing CI/CD pipelines. - Strongexperience building LLM-based applications, ML, deep learning, andNLP. - Skilled in external API integration (AssemblyAI, OpenAI,Elevenlabs) and REST API development. - Expertise in Docker,Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi), Websockets, vectordatabases, and RDBMS. - Basic experience with Node.js, TypeScript,and modern web frameworks. - 4+ years applying AI to technologysolutions, with experience in TypeScript, JavaScript, or React. -Agile development experience with excellent communication andleadership skills. - Strong problem-solving and program governanceabilities. - Knowledgeable in algorithms, design principles, andbest practices. Apply Now You can apply for the Ai Engineerposition now by sending us your CV or by calling us now! Don'tforget to register as a candidate too. Amy Brown Sphere DigitalRecruitment currently has a variety of job opportunities acrossdigital so feel free to get in touch with us to find out how we canhelp you. Please take a look at our website. Sphere is an equalopportunities employer. We encourage applications regardless ofethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender orsexual orientation, and any other protected status as required byapplicable law. Sphere Digital Recruitment is acting as anEmployment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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