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Senior Backend Engineer/Data Scientist - Fully Remote - OUTSIDE - £500 per day (LLM/AI))

Urban Connect
Altrincham
2 days ago
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Rapidly growing Digital consultancy urgently seeks an AI literate hybrid Senior Backend Engineer / Data Scientist on a short-term fully remote outside IR35 contract. You will be customer-facing and will work independently with their Life Sciences client to build them a bespoke AI-powered tool. You will be required to deliver a functional data pipeline quickly.


This tool is required for a large-scale web migration project to help automate the URL redirect mapping process. The solution is expected to be a fast, standalone build.


Contract Details:


  • Start Date: Ideally Monday 17th Nov 2025, or by no later than Thursday 20th Nov 2025.
  • End Date: Tuesday 9th December 2025.
  • Determination: Outside IR35.
  • Day Rate: £500 per day.
  • Location: FULLY REMOTE.
  • Interview Process: One Stage.


The Tool will:


  • Ingest data by connecting to a WordPress VIP API to pull content from numerous source websites.
  • Analyse the content of each source page using an LLM for semantic analysis and matching .
  • Compare the analysis against a manually provided spreadsheet (CSV/Excel) that defines the new destination site structure.
  • Output a final structured spreadsheet (CSV/Excel) that maps the "Source URL" to the most relevant "Destination URL," including a confidence score for manual review.


Ideal Experience required:


  • Data Pipeline Development: Proven experience building data ingestion pipelines, specifically working with third-party REST APIs.
  • Generative AI & NLP: Hands-on experience using LLMs for semantic matching, classification, and outputting structured JSON.
  • You will be familiar with the concepts and libraries required for our recommended LLM approach.
  • Languages: Python, TypeScript, or .NET are all acceptable.
  • Working with OpenAI Batch API and Wordpress API.
  • Hosting/DB: Familiarity with a SAAS database (like Supabase) for data persistence.

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