Contract Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Outside IR35 | 6 months | Hybrid London | £600–£750/day
SR2 are partnering with a fast-growing AI product company deploying LLM-powered solutions into enterprise customers.
About the Role
They are looking for a hands-on Forward Deployed AI Engineer to work closely with clients, understand business problems, and turn requirements into practical AI solutions.
Responsibilities
- Building, prototyping and deploying AI/LLM products
- Working with enterprise customers and internal engineering teams
- Using Python, LLMs, RAG, embeddings and vector databases
- Working with tools such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI or Anthropic
- Translating ambiguous business problems into working technical solutions
Qualifications
- Strong Python engineering experience
- Production experience with AI/LLM systems
- Hands-on RAG, prompt engineering, embeddings or vector database experience
- Confidence working with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable in a client-facing, delivery-focused role
Required Skills
- Strong Python engineering experience
- Production experience with AI/LLM systems
- Hands-on RAG, prompt engineering, embeddings or vector database experience
- Confidence working with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable in a client-facing, delivery-focused role
Preferred Skills
- Experience with tools such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI or Anthropic
Pay range and compensation package
Contract: Initial 6 months
IR35: TBC
Rate: £600–£750/day
Location: Hybrid London
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