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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Artificial Intelligence Engineer - **Company:** Llms - **Location:** Birmingham, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Neo4j, Open Source Technology, Secure Coding, Systems Integration, Data Processing, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Prompt Engineering, Fastapi, Containerization, Api Design, GPT, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** June 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/x/38361105/ ## About the Role Role RequirementsWork Experience* At least five years as a software engineer on commercial platforms, withdemonstrable experience building production LLM-powered applications.* Proven experience with API-level LLM usage, including tool/function calling, promptengineering and evaluation.* Experience with agent frameworks (OpenAI AgentSDK, LangGraph, LlamaIndexAgents or similar).* Experience developing APIs using FastAPI or similar frameworks and integrating withthird-party platforms.* Direct client-facing experience gathering requirements and delivering technicalimplementations.* Experience within agile development workflows and engineering teams. Skills & Abilities* Strong Python (or similar) programming skills with a focus on production-gradeapplications.* Excellent communication abilities, translating complex technical concepts for diverseaudiences.* Strong analytical and problem-solving approach, identifying scalable and reusablesolutions.* Leadership qualities, including technical mentorship, team collaboration and linemanagement.* Ability to align solutions with business goals and industry-specific constraints.* Self-sufficient contributor capable of working independently and seeking supportwhen needed. Nice to HaveThe following are examples of specialised areas that would be valuable. Deep expertise insome of these areas is preferred over surface-level knowledge across all domains.* Open source LLMs (Llama, Qwen, Gemma, GPT OSS) and local deploymentstrategies.* Frameworks and protocols such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) or Agent-to-Agent(A2A).* LLM evaluation tooling (OpenAI Evals, LangSmith, custom evaluation harnesses).* Advanced agent patterns: multi-agent systems, supervision, delegation strategies.* RAG, GraphRAG and knowledge graph design and implementation.* Vector databases and similarity search systems.* Graph databases (ArangoDB, Neo4j, Neptune) and property graph modelling.* Data engineering: ETL pipelines, document processing, schema design for AIapplications.* Cloud platforms (GCP preferred, AWS/Azure also relevant) and containerisation(Docker).* Observability and monitoring for LLM applications (tracing, metrics, cost tracking).* Secure coding practices for regulated industries and sensitive data handling. ## Description 2x Lead AI Engineers | Outside IR35 | Fully remote working | 6-Month Contract Active SC or DV or EDV Clearance needed! Role SummaryThe successful AI Solutions Engineer will extend and enhance our AI Operating System,which leverages LLMs to solve industry-specific challenges across defence, legal, health,infrastructure and management consulting sectors. This is a hands-on lead role focused on rapidly prototyping and deploying AI-poweredsolutions. Working directly with clients, you will translate their needs into scalable,production-ready AI applications using modern frameworks and techniques.Duties & Responsibilities Technical Development* Develop platform functionality using Python, building APIs and integrations to extendcapabilities for diverse client needs.* Design and implement LLM-powered applications and workflows using open sourcemodels such as Llama, Qwen and Gemma, as well as those online models fromOpenAI, Gemini, etc.* Build AI agents with tool/function calling, prompt engineering and appropriateguardrails using frameworks such as OpenAI AgentSDK, LangGraph or LlamaIndex.* Implement testing and evaluation frameworks for LLM applications, covering prompttesting, output quality metrics and agent behaviour validation.* Apply relevant AI technologies as needed, including retrieval systems (RAG,GraphRAG), knowledge graphs, vector databases or data pipelines. ## Related Videos - [How to Avoid LLM Pitfalls - Mete Atamel and Guillaume Laforge](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1328-how-to-avoid-llm-pitfalls-mete-atamel-and-guillaume-laforge) - [ Evaluating AI models for code comprehension](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1462-evaluating-ai-models-for-code-comprehension) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Putting the Graph In GraphQL With The Neo4j GraphQL Library](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/257-putting-the-graph-in-graphql-with-the-neo4j-graphql-library) - [LLMs in the wild: Building an AI agent that survives production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100319-llms-in-the-wild-building-an-ai-agent-that-survives-production) - [Streaming AI Responses in Real-Time with SSE in Next.js & NestJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1630-streaming-ai-responses-in-real-time-with-sse-in-next-js-nestjs) ## Related Articles - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [Graph and AI Trends 2026: Why Is AI Running but Not Yet Delivering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/680-graph-and-ai-trends-2026-why-is-ai-running-but-not-yet-delivering) - [From Prototype to Production: Build AI Agents with This Free 4-Course Learning Path](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/655-from-prototype-to-production-build-ai-agents-with-this-free-4-course-learning-path) - [13 AI Tools You Have to Try](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/219-13-ai-tools-you-have-to-try)