AI Engineer | Birmingham | Outside IR35 | Negotiable Day Rate at Hamilton Barnes, Birmingham, 12 Months, £Negotiable Rate

AI Engineer | Birmingham | Outside IR35 | Negotiable Day Rate

We are seeking an AI Engineer for a contract opportunity based in Birmingham. This role suits an engineer with strong Python skills and practical experience building and deploying AI solutions.

Location: Birmingham
Contract duration: 12 Months
IR35 status: Outside IR35
Day rate: Negotiable, dependent on experience
Start date: ASAP

The role

• Design, develop and deploy AI applications that solve business problems.
• Build solutions using large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and AI APIs.
• Integrate AI capabilities into existing applications and data platforms.
• Evaluate and improve model accuracy, reliability, performance and cost.
• Work with technical teams and business stakeholders to take ideas into production.

Skills and experience

• Strong Python development and software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering and RAG.
• Experience developing APIs and working with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings and data pipelines.
• Understanding of testing, version control and CI/CD.
• Clear communication skills and a practical approach to problem-solving.

Experience with MLOps, model monitoring, Docker or Kubernetes would be advantageous.