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Outside Spy
May 21, 2026
Duration not stated
AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems at Intec Select, London Area, £500-£675 per day
£500 - £675 per day
Outside Spy London Area, United Kingdom
AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems London - Hybrid. Circa £500 – £675 per day (and negotiable DOE) Contract (Outside IR35) Mid-level, Senior & Lead. Agentic AI / Machine Learning. Company: Our client is a globally established B2B information and professional services business, operating across multiple high-value industry sectors. They have established data science and machine learning engineering teams already delivering in production, and are now expanding their AI capability significantly across the global organisation. This is a role for people who ship. If you've built LLM-powered systems and agentic workflows that are live in production - not demos, not prototypes - and you want to do that at genuine scale, this is worth applying for. What you'll be working on as an AI Engineer - LLM & Agentic Systems: Designing and building AI agents and agentic workflows - combining LLMs, RAG, reasoning, memory and tool orchestration to...
Outside Spy
May 21, 2026
6 Months or more
Forward Deployed AI Engineer at Investigo Change Solutions, London, 6 to 12 Months, £800-£1k per day
£800 - £1k per day
Outside Spy London, UK
*New Role - Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Outside IR35* We are supporting a leading investment business on a major AI enablement initiative and are looking for a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to embed directly into the organisation. This is a hybrid role sitting between AI engineering, business process transformation and operational enablement. The focus is not just building AI solutions but redesigning workflows, identifying high-value use cases and driving real AI adoption across the business. Key Responsibilities - Identify and redesign operational workflows using AI - Build AI-enabled processes and requirements - Support organisation-wide AI adoption and prompt engineering - Work closely with leadership and operational stakeholders - Help establish a compliant environment for Claude and future AI agents - Drive practical AI implementation across existing systems and teams Ideal Candidate - Strong AI enablement or Forward Deployed Engineering background - Excellent...
Outside Spy
May 20, 2026
Duration not stated
SC Cleared AI Engineer at IO Associates, Multiple Locations, £500-£750 per year
£500 - £750 per day
Outside Spy United Kingdom
SC Cleared AI Engineer Contract Details: Day Rate: £500 - £750 IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Duration: 6 months (initial) Location: London (Hybrid: 2 days per week on-site) The Role: Immediate requirement for an AI Engineer on a 6-month initial contract. The project involves architecting and deploying Large Language Model (LLM) solutions and Machine Learning pipelines within the defence sector. Required Skills & Experience: Active SC Clearance (mandatory) Prior experience on Ministry of Defence (MOD) projects Python Applied Machine Learning and LLM integration RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems LangChain or LangGraph To Apply: Submit a CV and confirmation of active SC clearance status.
Outside Spy
May 20, 2026
6 Months or more
SC Cleared AI Engineer at IO Associates, London, 6 Months, £500-£750 per day
£500 - £750 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
SC Cleared AI Engineer Contract Details: Day Rate: £500 - £750 IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Duration: 6 months (initial) Location: London (Hybrid: 2 days per week on-site) The Role: Immediate requirement for an AI Engineer on a 6-month initial contract. The project involves architecting and deploying Large Language Model (LLM) solutions and Machine Learning pipelines within the defence sector. Required Skills & Experience: Active SC Clearance (mandatory) Prior experience on Ministry of Defence (MOD) projects Python Applied Machine Learning and LLM integration RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems LangChain or LangGraph To Apply: Submit a CV and confirmation of active SC clearance status.
Outside Spy
May 20, 2026
up to 6 Months
AI Engineer at TechShack, Liverpool Street, 2 Months, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Liverpool Street, London, UK
AI Engineer | Outside IR35 | 2 month project - to Perm | On-site in Liverpool Street, London We're looking for a hands-on AI Engineer to join a fast-moving greenfield project building an AI-powered operational platform for a growing UK business. You'll be working across: Python development LLM/AI integrations (OpenAI, Claude etc.) Automation workflows & APIs Data pipelines & structured outputs Cloud infrastructure & deployment Ideal background: Experience building production AI systems Strong Python & API integration skills RAG/vector database experience Automation tooling such as n8n or Zapier Able to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment Immediate interviews taking place this week. AI Engineer | Outside IR35 | 2 month project - to Perm | On-site in Liverpool Street, London
Outside Spy
May 20, 2026
Duration not stated
AI Engineer - Cititec Talent Ltd at eFinancialCareers, London, £Competitive Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
AI Engineer | Hybrid | London | Outside IR35 | 6 + Months Cititec are working with a global financial markets organisation on a large scale data and platform transformation. They are looking for a Senior AI Engineer to help accelerate the migration of a complex data estate from Oracle to a Microsoft centric architecture across Azure, Cosmos DB, Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory. The role will focus on applying AI and GenAI to improve developer productivity and engineering throughput, particularly across data migration, code generation and developer tooling. This includes deploying AI agents and AI assisted development tools within the Azure ecosystem. This is a high impact role operating across a large engineering environment, helping scale modern engineering practices and AI enabled development across a significant developer base.
Outside Spy
May 19, 2026
Duration not stated
SC Cleared AI Engineer at IO Associates, Multiple Locations, £550-£650 per day
£550 - £650 per day
Outside Spy United Kingdom
The Role An experienced AI Engineer is required for an Outside IR35 contract. This is a hands-on role building greenfield AI systems for enterprise clients. The successful candidate will design and deploy practical applications using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, and agentic workflows. This is not a research position. The engineer must be able to write production-ready code, integrate with existing platforms, and turn business requirements into working software quickly. Key Responsibilities Building agentic AI workflows and LLM-driven applications. Designing RAG systems, vector retrieval pipelines, and knowledge bases. Developing document intelligence and data extraction tools. Creating backend services and integrating AI into existing business processes via APIs. Delivering both client-facing enterprise projects and internal product features. Required Skills & Experience Active SC Clearance. 8+ years of Python engineering. 5+ years of Node.js / TypeScript...
Outside Spy
May 19, 2026
6 Months or more
SC Cleared AI Engineer at IO Associates, England, 6 Months, £550-£650 per day
£550 - £650 per day
Outside Spy England, UK
The Role An experienced AI Engineer is required for an Outside IR35 contract. This is a hands-on role building greenfield AI systems for enterprise clients. The successful candidate will design and deploy practical applications using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, and agentic workflows. This is not a research position. The engineer must be able to write production-ready code, integrate with existing platforms, and turn business requirements into working software quickly. Key Responsibilities Building agentic AI workflows and LLM-driven applications. Designing RAG systems, vector retrieval pipelines, and knowledge bases. Developing document intelligence and data extraction tools. Creating Back End services and integrating AI into existing business processes via APIs. Delivering both client-facing enterprise projects and internal product features. Required Skills & Experience Active SC Clearance. 8+ years of Python engineering. 5+ years of Node.js/TypeScript...
Outside Spy
May 18, 2026
6 Months or more
AI Engineer & Java Developer - Fintech/Challenger Bank at Gravitas Recruitment Group Ltd, London, 6 Months, £600-£650 per day
£600 - £650 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
AI Engineer & Java Developer - Fintech/Challenger Bank, LTD CO OUTSIDE IR35, 6 months, London Hybrid Our Fintech Banking Payment Service client based in London seeks a proactive, hands-on AI Engineer with Claude or Codex & Java Developer with solid expertise in Claude or Codex AI Tooling, Agentic AI, Java Development using Spring Boot within a Fintech Challenger Bank setting. The ideal candidate MUST HAVE previous experience working in a startup/scaleup Fintech Financial Services environment. Any ISA product implementation/integration experience is an advantage but not essential. AI skills in Codex, Claude is highly sought as my client is looking for someone who is an AI Enthusiast. Our client is hiring a hands-on Java Developer to support delivery and development of Savings products within their engineering function. The emphasis is on people who can work proactively and be technically self sufficient and key skills again are Java, Spring Boot, AI Tooling, Agentic AI...
Outside Spy
May 18, 2026
Duration not stated
AI Engineer - Cititec Talent Ltd at eFinancialCareers, London, £Competitive Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
AI Engineer | Hybrid | London | Outside IR35 | 6 + Months Cititec are working with a global financial markets organisation on a large scale data and platform transformation. They are looking for a Senior AI Engineer to help accelerate the migration of a complex data estate from Oracle to a Microsoft centric architecture across Azure, Cosmos DB, Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory. The role will focus on applying AI and GenAI to improve developer productivity and engineering throughput, particularly across data migration, code generation and developer tooling. This includes deploying AI agents and AI assisted development tools within the Azure ecosystem. This is a high impact role operating across a large engineering environment, helping scale modern engineering practices and AI enabled development across a significant developer base.
Outside Spy
May 18, 2026
Duration not stated
AI Engineer | London, UK at Cititec Talent Ltd, London, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
AI Engineer | Hybrid | London | Outside IR35 | 6+ Months Cititec are working with a global financial markets organisation on a large scale data and platform transformation. They are looking for a Senior AI Engineer to help accelerate the migration of a complex data estate from Oracle to a Microsoft centric architecture across Azure, Cosmos DB, Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory. The role will focus on applying AI and GenAI to improve developer productivity and engineering throughput, particularly across data migration, code generation and developer tooling. This includes deploying AI agents and AI assisted development tools within the Azure ecosystem. This is a high impact role operating across a large engineering environment, helping scale modern engineering practices and AI enabled development across a significant developer base.
Outside Spy
May 15, 2026
Duration not stated
Full-Stack AI Engineer at Orbis Group, United Kingdom, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Job Title: Full-Stack AI Engineer Location: Fully remote Contract Type: 6 months + extensions (Contract/freelance/b2b/Outside ir35) Rate: Competitive - Varying significantly depending on experience Start Date: ASAP We are working with an established UAE based AI consultancy building advanced investment-grade AI systems across private markets use cases. They deliver production-grade agentic AI systems across the full investment lifecycle, including AI-powered due diligence, portfolio optimisation, deal execution support, and real-time risk monitoring. They are looking for multiple Full-Stack AI Engineers who can build and ship production systems in live enterprise investment environments. Candidates must have strong experience in private markets, private equity, private credit, quant, or investment management. What You’ll Be Doing: Building full-stack AI applications used in real investment workflows Designing and deploying RAG...
Outside Spy
May 14, 2026
Duration not stated
AI Engineer at Uneek Global, London Area, £500-£600 per day
£500 - £600 per day
Outside Spy London Area, United Kingdom
AI Engineer (LLMs/Agentic AI/Python) – Hybrid (London – 2/3 days onsite per week) – (£500-600/DAY OUTSIDE IR35) We are currently supporting a cutting-edge AI software company building advanced agentic AI and memory systems for enterprise clients operating within highly regulated environments. They’re looking for an AI Engineer to join on a subcontractor basis, helping architect intelligent multi-agent systems, memory write-back pipelines, and secure LLM integrations at scale. Tech Stack: • Python/FastAPI • LLMs & Agentic AI • MCP Integrations • GraphRAG • Async Architectures • Multi-Agent Systems • Knowledge Graphs • Streaming & Observability Key Experience: • Multi-agent orchestration in production • AI memory systems & write-back design • GraphRAG & retrieval architectures • MCP server integrations • Secure enterprise AI deployments • Agent guardrails & access control • Production-grade Python engineering Bonus...
Outside Spy
May 18, 2026
6 Months or more
Senior C# Engineer - Agentic & AI Engineering (Claude Code), .NET 8/9, AWS (Lambda, SQS) at Smart-Sourcer, Remote, 6 Months, £700-£900 per day
£700 - £900 per day
Outside Spy Remote (Remote, UK)
Senior C# Engineer - Agentic & AI Engineering (Claude Code), .NET 8/9, AWS (Lambda, SQS) - OUTSIDE IR35 Reporting to the Director of Engineering, this is a genuinely outstanding contract opportunity for a rockstar Senior C# Engineer to lead the development of a greenfield SaaS product . We're looking for a best of breed', deeply senior, technically hands-on engineer who thrives in complex problem spaces and fast-moving start-up & scale-up environments. You'll need a genuinely Product Centric mindset and approach twinned with experience of AI-Native Engineering and Agentic Workflow . Skills We're Looking For: Senior-Staff-level Back End engineer with deep, current expertise in C# and .NET Core 8/9 , capable of architecting and leading the design of distributed REST API microservices at scale. Authority in AWS serverless architecture; Lambda-first, with strong working knowledge of API Gateway, SQS, Step Functions, EventBridge and IAM, and a track...
Outside Spy
May 18, 2026
6 Months or more
Senior Full Stack Engineer - Agentic & AI Engineering (Claude Code), TypeScript, React, Node, AWS at Smart-Sourcer, Remote, 6 Months, £750-£900 per day
£750 - £900 per day
Outside Spy Remote (Remote , UK)
Senior Full Stack Engineer - Agentic & AI Engineering (Claude Code), TypeScript, React, Node, AWS - OUTSIDE IR35 Reporting to the Director of Engineering, this is a genuinely outstanding contract opportunity for a rockstar Senior Engineer to lead the development of a greenfield SaaS product . We're looking for a best of breed', deeply senior, technically hands-on engineer who thrives in complex problem spaces and fast-moving start-up & scale-up environments. You'll need a genuinely Product Centric mindset and approach twinned with experience of AI-Native Engineering and Agentic Workflow . You'll be Embedded into a product squad, frequently working Forward Deployed ; sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with clients to understand their workflows, shape solutions in Real Time, and ship production-grade software that transforms how they operate. You'll own outcomes end-to-end across the stack, setting the technical bar for the squad and helping define the future of...
Outside Spy
May 12, 2026
Duration not stated
Artificial Intelligence Engineer at Conquer AI, United Kingdom, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Contract AI Engineer | Outside IR35 | Agentic AI / LLMs / RAG Conquer AI is hiring a Contract AI Engineer We’re looking for a highly capable, hands-on AI Engineer with a strong traditional software engineering background and deep applied AI experience. This is an Outside IR35 contract working on greenfield AI projects for enterprise clients. You’ll be helping design and build real-world systems using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, agentic AI, and workflow automation. This is not a research-only role. We need someone who can build production-grade systems, integrate with existing platforms, and move quickly from problem definition to working software. What you’ll be working on: Agentic AI workflow automation LLM-powered applications RAG and knowledge systems Vector database architecture and retrieval pipelines Document intelligence and information extraction AI systems that connect into business workflows API integrations and backend services Greenfield...
Outside Spy
May 21, 2026
6 Months or more
Staff/Principal Backend Engineer - C#/.NET/AWS/Agentic AI at Nicoll Curtin Technology, United Kingdom, 6 Months, £900 per day
£900 per day
Outside Spy United Kingdom
UK | Fully Remote (UK-based) Staff/Principal Backend Engineer (Contract) 6 months | £900/day (Outside IR35) High-growth Product Engineering Team Please read the requirements carefully before applying. Build and evolve a core CRM product used across the business. We're supporting a product-led organisation that is rebuilding and modernising key areas of an existing CRM platform. This role suits an experienced contractor who enjoys working in brownfield environments, partnering closely with the business, and shaping how a product evolves rather than just delivering tickets. You'll operate as a senior, hands-on engineer within a growing engineering group, working closely with senior leadership to take the product from where it is today to where it needs to be next. The role This is a product-focused Back End engineering role , not a pure delivery position. You'll be responsible for rebuilding and enhancing existing CRM capabilities within a live...
Outside Spy
May 21, 2026
6 Months or more
Senior Full Stack Engineer | React/Node | Forward Deployed | AI/Agentic - 900 pd - Outside ir35 at Nicoll Curtin Technology, Remote, 6 Months, £900 per day
£900 per day
Outside Spy Remote (Remote , UK)
Senior Full Stack Engineer | React/Node | Forward Deployed | AI/Agentic - 900 pd - Outside ir35 We re working with leading proptech firm to hire senior/staff-level full stack role, focused on building high-quality, client-facing applications in a modern TypeScript environment. This is not a traditional Front End role you'll operate as a Forward Deployed Engineer, working directly with clients to shape requirements and deliver solutions end-to-end. What you'll be doing Building React + TypeScript applications with Node backends Working directly with clients to understand workflows and prototype solutions Owning delivery end-to-end (problem solution production) Designing high-quality, interactive UX from low-fidelity inputs Using agentic AI tooling (Claude Code, multi-agent workflows) as part of delivery Contributing to architecture and technical direction What they re looking for Strong React + TypeScript experience Solid Node.js/API development...
Outside Spy
May 20, 2026
Duration not stated
AI Platform Engineer at TechShack, London Area, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy London Area, United Kingdom
🚨 Data & AI Platform Engineer 📍 London | 4 Days Onsite 💼 2 Month Contract ✅ Outside IR35 We’re looking for a hands-on engineer to help build a brand-new AI-powered operational platform for a growing UK business. You’ll be responsible for designing and delivering scalable data pipelines, AI-assisted workflows, API integrations, and cloud-based services within a fast-moving greenfield environment. Key skills: • Python • Data Engineering & Pipeline Development • OpenAI / LLM Integrations • PostgreSQL • Vector Databases • REST APIs & Webhooks • Docker & Cloud Platforms • Automation Tools (n8n, Zapier, Make etc.) This role would suit someone who enjoys building quickly, solving real operational problems, and owning delivery end-to-end. 📩 If interested, click apply with: This process is moving quickly with interviews taking place this week.
Outside Spy
May 18, 2026
6 Months or more
Principal Full Stack Engineer (React/.NET/Agentic AI) - 6 months contract at Nicoll Curtin Technology, United Kingdom, 6 Months, £900 per day
£900 per day
Outside Spy United Kingdom
UK | Fully Remote (UK-based) Staff/Principal Full Stack Engineer (Contract) 6 months | £900 per day (Outside IR35) High-growth Product Engineering Team Build and evolve a core CRM product used across the business We're supporting a product-led organisation that is rebuilding and modernising key areas of an existing CRM platform . This role suits an experienced contractor who enjoys working in brownfield environments , partnering closely with the business, and shaping how a product evolves rather than just delivering tickets. You'll operate as a senior, hands-on engineer within a growing engineering group, working closely with senior leadership to take the product from where it is today to where it needs to be next . The role This is a product-focused engineering position , not a pure delivery role: Rebuild and enhance existing CRM features within a live production system Work end-to-end across Front End and Back End systems Partner closely with...
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