13 jobs found in Oxfordshire

Contract Data Engineer - Oxford - On-site (5 days p/w)  I have a short piece of work available for an experienced contractor who's based within commutable distance to Oxford and able to commit to working on-site, 5 days per week.  Rate: £400 - 425 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: 5 weeks (could extend to Xmas)  Working Patterns: 5 days on-site per week  Location: Oxfordshire Interview Stages: 1 stage, face-to-face, next week.  The Project: Opus have partnered with a leading manufacturing client who're in need of a Data Engineer with strong scripting knowledge and migration experience to provide interim support for ongoing data migration activity, moving SQL Data (held in MySQL Database) to GCP / BigQuery.  Requirements: Strong scripting knowledge (most desirable would-be PHP & Python)  Excellent SQL knowledge and project experience.  Prior contracting experience on migratory projects / programmes of work  Understanding of API's, and Medallion (Bronze, Silver,...

Join Our Team as an EUD Engineer! Are you ready to take your technical skills to the next level and make a real impact in public services? We are seeking a talented EUD Engineer to join our mission-driven organisation, predominantly based in Kidlington but may have requirements to cover other locations within Thames Valley Police Force. This is a temporary, full-time role working Monday to Friday 37 hours per week offering the perfect opportunity to work with Thames Valley Police, focusing on enhancing ICT capabilities within the community with a Salary of £250 per day outside of IR35. *Please do note this role is subject to Police Vetting Checks and will need to have been within the UK Continually for a minimum of 5 years* Role Overview: As an EUD Engineer, you will play a vital role in managing the lifecycle of end-user devices (EUDs). Your expertise will be instrumental in delivering exceptional ICT services that meet our strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Key...

Contract Data Engineer - Oxford - On-site (5 days p/w) I have a short piece of work available for an experienced contractor who's based within commutable distance to Oxford and able to commit to working on-site, 5 days per week. Rate: £400 - 425 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: 5 weeks (could extend to Xmas) Working Patterns: 5 days on-site per week Location: Oxfordshire Interview Stages: 1 stage, face-to-face, next week. The Project: Opus have partnered with a leading manufacturing client who're in need of a Data Engineer with strong Scripting knowledge and migration experience to provide interim support for ongoing data migration activity, moving SQL Data (held in MySQL Database) to GCP/BigQuery. Requirements: Strong Scripting knowledge (most desirable would-be PHP & Python) Excellent SQL knowledge and project experience. Prior contracting experience on migratory projects/programmes of work Understanding of API's, and Medallion...

Senior AI Engineer (BioTech/Pharma) | Outside IR35 Contract £600 - 700pd | Hybrid, Oxford | 6 months Harvey Nash are working with an exciting consultancy who are looking to bring on a highly experienced AI Engineer to support on a crucial project within the BioTech/Pharma space. Industry domain knowledge would be beneficial. Key Technical Skills Required Senior Python engineer with strong production software engineering experience. Commercial experience building LLM, agentic AI or multi-agent systems. Hands-on experience with LangGraph, LangChain, Haystack or similar frameworks. Proven ability to deploy AI/ML systems into production environments. Strong knowledge of inference, latency, performance, data pipelines, memory and tool/function calling. Experience with large-scale search and retrieval, including embeddings, indexing and querying multi-modal datasets. Confident with Docker, Git and cloud platforms, ideally AWS. Understanding of secure deployments,...

Customer Service Transformation Consultant (Contract) £400-£500pd 3-Month Contract Outside IR35 (Likely long-term extension following the initial roadmap) | WFH/Hybrid/Oxfordshire I Immediate We are seeking an experienced Customer Service Transformation Consultant to support a major customer service transformation programme within a large UK organisation. This is an opportunity for someone who can quickly assess a complex customer service operation, identify the root causes behind performance challenges, and create a roadmap to drive meaningful change. We are looking for a practitioner who can move beyond analysis and help shape practical improvements that deliver measurable outcomes. The RoleWorking closely with operational leaders, technology teams and external delivery partners, you will establish a clear understanding of current customer service performance and identify opportunities to improve customer experience, operational efficiency and cost to serve.You will evaluate...

AWS Data Engineer - Contract (Outside IR35)  Location: Oxford  Working Patterns: Hybrid - 2 days on site, per week  Contract Duration: 6 months, extension likely  Opus have partnered with a leading manufacturer who're seeking an experienced AWS Data Engineer to help to design, build and optimise data pipelines to support business reporting, analytics and decision making.  You'll be working closely with engineering and technology stakeholders to help in the delivery of reliable data solutions.  The Role: This one is heavily focused on development and the maintenance of cloud-based data infrastructure. There is a strong focus on AWS Services, Data Modelling, and Pipeline Performance. This role will suit a candidate who's comfortable working with messy data and turning real-world data into trusted insights.  Responsibilities: - Design & build scalable data pipelines of AWS - Ingest, transform and model data from multiple source systems - Work with S3, Glue, Lambda,...

Senior AI Engineer x 2 Contract - Outside IR35 - 6 months+ Oxfordshire OR London £700 - £900 per day DOE Our client is a rapidly scaling UK deep-tech company delivering advanced AI capability into some of the most consequence-heavy environments there are: defence and national security, critical national infrastructure, and enterprise clients whose decisions carry real weight. They're hiring two Senior Applied AI Engineers to take ownership of the agentic AI systems underpinning their platform, on a contract basis, with genuine influence over how those systems are architected and delivered. This role suits an engineer who designs and ships systems rather than assembling pre-built components - someone who cares more about how a system performs once it's live and under pressure than how impressive it looks in a demo. What You'll Be Doing Architecting and building multi-agent AI systems end-to-end, combining frameworks such as LangGraph or Haystack where they add value with...

Senior AI Engineer x 2 Contract - Outside IR35 - 6 months+ Oxfordshire OR London £700 - £900 per day DOE Our client is a rapidly scaling UK deep-tech company delivering advanced AI capability into some of the most consequence-heavy environments there are: defence and national security, critical national infrastructure, and enterprise clients whose decisions carry real weight. They're hiring two Senior Applied AI Engineers to take ownership of the agentic AI systems underpinning their platform, on a contract basis, with genuine influence over how those systems are architected and delivered. This role suits an engineer who designs and ships systems rather than assembling pre-built components - someone who cares more about how a system performs once it's live and under pressure than how impressive it looks in a demo. What You'll Be Doing Architecting and building multi-agent AI systems end-to-end, combining frameworks such as LangGraph or Haystack where they add value...

Senior AI Engineer x 2 Contract - Outside IR35 - 6 months+ Oxfordshire OR London ??????? £700 - £900 per day DOE Our client is a rapidly scaling UK deep-tech company delivering advanced AI capability into some of the most consequence-heavy environments there are: defence and national security, critical national infrastructure, and enterprise clients whose decisions carry real weight. They're hiring two Senior Applied AI Engineers to take ownership of the agentic AI systems underpinning their platform, on a contract basis, with genuine influence over how those systems are architected and delivered. This role suits an engineer who designs and ships systems rather than assembling pre-built components - someone who cares more about how a system performs once it's live and under pressure than how impressive it looks in a demo. What You'll Be Doing Architecting and building multi-agent AI systems end-to-end, combining frameworks such as LangGraph or Haystack where they...

Senior AI Engineer x 2 Contract - Outside IR35 - 6 months+ Oxfordshire OR London £700 - £900 per day DOE Our client is a rapidly scaling UK deep-tech company delivering advanced AI capability into some of the most consequence-heavy environments there are: defence and national security, critical national infrastructure, and enterprise clients whose decisions carry real weight. They 're hiring two Senior Applied AI Engineers to take ownership of the agentic AI systems underpinning their platform, on a contract basis, with genuine influence over how those systems are architected and delivered. This role suits an engineer who designs and ships systems rather than assembling pre-built components - someone who cares more about how a system performs once it 's live and under pressure than how impressive it looks in a demo. What You 'll Be Doing Architecting and building multi-agent AI systems end-to-end, combining frameworks such as LangGraph or...

Role: Senior Applied AI Engineer (Private Sector Contractor) Rate: £700–£900 per day, dependent on experience Location: Hybrid: 2 days a week on site at Harwell, Oxfordshire; remainder remote (UK-based) Engagement: Contract, outside IR35: initial [6]-month term with strong likelihood of extension Start: Immediate Start   A note from the Founders   Oxford Dynamics is at an inflection point. We build frontier AI for environments where the cost of a wrong decision is high: defence and national security, critical infrastructure, and commercial organisations making high-stakes decisions on complex data. We are growing fast, and the constraint on how fast is no longer ideas or opportunity. It is whether the systems we ship are good enough for the people who stake decisions on them. That is where you come in. We need engineers who can build the systems this mission depends on, and build them to a standard that...

Senior Applied AI Engineer – Private Sector Location: Harwell, Oxfordshire – Hybrid (2 days per week on site, remainder remote) Contract: 6 months initially, with strong potential for extension Day Rate: £700–£900 per day, depending on experience IR35: Outside IR35 Start Date: Immediate About the Role We are working with a fast-growing UK frontier technology company developing advanced AI systems for organisations operating in complex, high-stakes environments. The business is looking for a Senior Applied AI Engineer to take genuine technical ownership of the design and delivery of production-grade agentic AI systems. This is a builder's role rather than an integration role . You will design and implement sophisticated AI systems from the ground up, make architecture-level decisions, write production-quality software and own features through to deployment. The focus is on turning rapidly evolving AI capabilities into reliable, scalable systems that deliver...

iO Associates are working with a UK-based company building mission-critical AI systems. They’re looking for a Senior AI Engineer to join on a contract basis and build agentic AI systems in production, including secure deployments. Job Title: Senior AI Engineer Location: UK (Hybrid – occasional on-site in the South of England) Contract Length: Initial 6 months IR35: Outside IR35 Rate: Dependent on experience Start: Immediate Key Responsibilities Build agent-based AI systems end-to-end. Cover orchestration, state, and tool calling. Engineer for production. Focus on tests, reliability, latency, and failure handling. Use LLMs and vision-capable models in real workflows. Include retrieval, reasoning, summarisation, and task execution. Deploy across cloud and restricted environments. This includes on-prem and occasional offline use. Set up evaluation and monitoring. Leave clear documentation for handover. Experience & Skills Required Senior software...