Applied AI Engineer

Applied AI Engineer

Full-Time 80000 - 180000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
McGregor Boyall

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Build and ship innovative AI features that solve real user problems.
  • Company: Exciting stealth AI startup with a focus on next-gen technology.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, equity options, and fully remote work.
  • Other info: Fast-paced environment with opportunities for significant career growth.
  • Why this job: Join a small team and shape the future of AI from the ground up.
  • Qualifications: Experience in AI/ML applications and strong Python skills required.

The predicted salary is between 80000 - 180000 £ per year.

Location: Fully Remote (Europe)

Salary: £80,000 - £180,000 + Equity

The Role

I'm working with a well-funded, stealth AI company building a next-generation AI assistant designed to help people manage everyday tasks, conversations and workflows. The product is still pre-launch, making this a genuine 0-1 opportunity to join a small, high-calibre engineering team and help shape both the product and technical direction from an early stage. They're hiring across multiple levels, from experienced AI Engineers through to Principal Engineers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and ship AI features from concept through to production
  • Design and improve agent workflows, prompts, memory and tool use
  • Build reliable AI systems that solve real user problems
  • Improve latency, reliability and overall production performance
  • Develop evaluation frameworks to measure real-world model quality
  • Work closely with Product and Engineering to turn ambiguous problems into working software
  • Help shape technical direction as the product evolves

Key Requirements

  • Commercial experience building production AI/ML applications
  • Strong Python engineering skills
  • Experience with modern LLMs and agentic AI systems
  • Hands-on experience with RAG, vector databases and LLM orchestration
  • Experience deploying and operating production ML systems
  • Comfortable working across models, infrastructure and product
  • Enjoy working in fast-moving, early-stage environments

Tech Stack

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • JAX
  • LLMs
  • vLLM
  • Vector Databases
  • Modern Agent Frameworks

Get in touch for more details - McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

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We think you need these skills to ace Applied AI Engineer

AI/ML Application Development
Python Engineering
Modern LLMs
Agentic AI Systems
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
Vector Databases
LLM Orchestration