Principle AI Data Engineer (contract) at Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd, London, £Contract Rate
- Outside Spy
- London, UK
- Apr 16, 2026
Contract Description
Principal AI / Data Engineer (Contract):
Length: 3 months initally (extension is likely)
Start Date: ASAP
Location: London, Hybrid (1 day per week)
Pay Rate / Determination: £525-575 p/d | Outside IR35
About: Opus is supporting a UK-based digital consultancy partnering with organisations to design, build and scale high-impact digital and AI-driven products, with a strong people-first culture.
The role:
A hands-on Principal AI / Data Engineer contract to assess, shape and deliver improvements to a live AI platform across two critical workstreams.
You 'll be responsible for:
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Length: 3 months initally (extension is likely)
Start Date: ASAP
Location: London, Hybrid (1 day per week)
Pay Rate / Determination: £525-575 p/d | Outside IR35
About: Opus is supporting a UK-based digital consultancy partnering with organisations to design, build and scale high-impact digital and AI-driven products, with a strong people-first culture.
The role:
A hands-on Principal AI / Data Engineer contract to assess, shape and deliver improvements to a live AI platform across two critical workstreams.
You 'll be responsible for:
- Assessing the current AI and data platform and define clear, actionable improvements
- Lead on delivery across two workstreams, aligning product, data and engineering
- Improving the natural language data exploration platform, focusing on trust and semantic consistency
- Designing and implementing scalable, multi-source data pipelines and architecture
About you:
- Strong experience with Python and AWS
- Deep knowledge of data pipelines, AI/ML systems and modelling
- Experience with LLM- or NLP-powered platforms
- Strong focus on scalable, reliable system design
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