£500 - £550 per day
Outside IR35
Remote (occasional London meet-up)
Initial 6 Month Contract
We are looking for a Senior AI Voice Engineer to help build and scale a production-grade AI voice platform for a major UK financial services organisation.
This is not a proof-of-concept role.
The business has already built initial Python-based prototypes and is now looking for an experienced contractor to take the solution into production, helping define the architecture, challenge technical decisions, and build a scalable platform capable of handling real customer interactions.
You'll work directly with senior stakeholders and have significant influence over both the technical direction and implementation approach.
What You'll Be DoingDesigning and building production-grade AI voice agent solutions
Developing scalable Python services and APIs
Working with speech-to-text (STT), large language models (LLMs) and text-to-speech (TTS) technologies
Evaluating and recommending architecture decisions across voice AI platforms
Building resilient, low-latency conversational systems
Integrating AI voice capabilities into existing customer service workflows
Defining monitoring, observability and performance standards
Helping transition existing prototypes into a secure, scalable production platform
We're particularly interested in engineers with commercial experience of one or more of:
Azure Voice Live
ElevenLabs
Deepgram
As well as:
Expert Python development
Real Time AI systems
LLM-powered applications
Conversational AI platforms
API design and integration
Cloud-native architecture
Production deployment and scalability
Voice, speech or contact centre technology
You may have worked as:
AI Voice Engineer
Conversational AI Engineer
Speech AI Engineer
AI Platform Engineer
Senior Python Engineer
Applied AI Engineer
Most importantly, we're looking for someone who has built and deployed AI voice solutions before and can help shape the architecture rather than simply implement requirements.
Interview Process1/2 stage interview - Depending on manager availability
Immediate start available
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