AI Engineer & Trainer – Remote (Outside IR35)

About the role

We are seeking a hands‑on AI Engineer who will design and deliver production‑grade generative AI solutions while providing technical training to experienced engineering audiences. This contract combines AI development, solution architecture, mentoring and technical education in a high‑visibility position.

Key responsibilities

• Build, test and deploy generative AI applications in a production environment.
• Design and implement Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, embeddings and vector‑database solutions.
• Develop AI agents, tool‑calling workflows and orchestration pipelines.
• Implement AI evaluation, observability, guardrails and LLMOps practices.
• Deliver technical workshops, coaching sessions and mentorship to senior engineers.
• Collaborate with cloud teams on AWS, Azure or GCP deployments and travel to London as needed.

Required profile

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, data, machine learning or AI.
• Proven track record building and deploying GenAI applications.
• Strong communication and presentation abilities.
• Previous experience delivering technical training or workshops.

Required skills

• Advanced Python development.
• Generative AI, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, retrieval systems.
• AI agents, tool‑calling, workflow orchestration.
• AI evaluation, observability, guardrails, LLMOps.
• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP.
• LLM platforms: OpenAI, Anthropic or equivalents.

What we offer

• Mostly remote work with occasional travel to London.
• 6‑month contract with possibility of extension.
• Competitive daily rate (outside IR35); sponsorship not available.