Software AI Engineer

Our client is looking for a number of Software AI Engineers to join their team on a two month initial contract, working three days a week onsite in either London, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Edinburgh or Glasgow. This role is Inside IR35.

We are looking for a hands-on Software AI Engineer to design, build and support production-grade AI agent solutions for one of our Financial Services clients. You will develop Python services, agent orchestration, secure integrations and retrieval pipelines, while contributing to cloud-native delivery, testing, observability and operational stability. The role suits an engineer with strong software fundamentals and practical experience building LLM-based applications in an enterprise environment. Preferably from a Financial Services background.

Essential Skills and Experience
* > 4 years software engineering experience, including system design, application development, testing and production support, preferable from Financial Services background.
* Strong Python skills plus experience in at least one of Java, TypeScript or SQL; confident reviewing, debugging and improving production code.
* Practical experience building LLM applications using prompting, tool calling, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and evaluation techniques.
* Experience building and consuming APIs and event-driven services, with secure integration of enterprise data sources.
* AWS engineering experience including containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, application resilience and security.
* Experience with Apache Spark or similar data-processing frameworks and large structured datasets.
* Sound judgement when using AI-assisted development tools, including validation of outputs for correctness, performance, security and data sensitivity.
* Experience with MCP servers, agent orchestration, task queues, Databricks, OpenTelemetry or AG-UI.


LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance.

A multiple award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over consecutive years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.