AI / Machine Learning Engineer – Agentic LLM Systems (Contract)

Experis UK
London, GB
On-site

Why this role

Pace
Fast Paced
Collaboration
High
Autonomy
Medium
Decision Impact
Team
Role Level
Individual Contributor

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What success looks like

  • successful design and build of agentic LLM systems
  • improved reliability and performance of LLM/agent
Typical background
4+ years of experience in ML/AI engineering

Transferable backgrounds

  • Coming from machine learning
  • Coming from AI engineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Machine LearningLLM SystemsRAG PipelinesEmbeddings Workflows

Preferred

Multi-agent SystemsDistributed AI Architectures

Stack & domain

Ml/ai EngineeringLlmsRecommender SystemsOptimizationRag PipelinesEmbeddings WorkflowsRetrieval SystemsAgent FrameworksApisBackend ServicesMicroservices ArchitecturesCloud PlatformsContainerised SystemsEvent-driven ArchitecturesServerless ArchitecturesCi/cd PipelinesTestingInfrastructure As CodeMonitoring/observability ToolsMulti-agent SystemsDistributed Ai ArchitecturesVector DatabasesAi Systems IntegrationEnterprise PlatformsBusiness WorkflowsDebuggingExperimentationPerformance Metrics AnalysisTechnologyAIMachine Learning

About the role

Original posting from Experis UK

AI / Machine Learning Engineer – Agentic LLM Systems (Contract)

We’re working with a leading tech organisation building next-generation

agentic AI systems

– LLMs that can plan, reason, call tools, and write/execute code. We’re hiring a Machine Learning Engineer to help design, build, and scale these systems into

production-grade, enterprise environments

.

You will:

  • Design and build

tools, workflows, and infrastructure

for agentic LLM systems

  • Develop

RAG pipelines

, embeddings workflows, and retrieval systems for enterprise data

  • Work with researchers and engineers to

diagnose and fix failures

in agent-generated code and workflows

  • Build frameworks for

tool-calling, multi-step planning, orchestration, and agent routing

  • Integrate with

LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI, open-source models)

and support multi-model usage

  • Develop backend services and APIs to support

AI-driven applications and workflows

  • Build and run experiments to improve

reliability, latency, cost, and success rates

  • Contribute to

evaluation frameworks, observability, and monitoring

of LLM/agent performance

What We’re Looking For:

  • 4+ years’ experience in

ML/AI engineering

(LLMs, recommender systems, optimisation, or similar)

  • Proven hands-on experience building

LLM agents, RAG systems, or orchestrated AI workflows in production

  • Strong

Python

(with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar frameworks)

  • Experience with

agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar)

  • Solid understanding of

APIs, backend services, and microservices architectures

  • Experience working with

cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

and containerised systems (Docker, Kubernetes)

  • Familiarity with

event-driven or serverless architectures

  • Experience with

CI/CD pipelines, testing, and infrastructure as code

  • Comfortable debugging

complex, distributed AI/ML systems

  • Experience running and analysing

large-scale experiments and performance metrics (latency, accuracy, cost)

  • Exposure to

monitoring/observability tools

for production systems

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with

multi-agent systems or distributed AI architectures

  • Experience optimising

LLM usage across multiple providers (cost/performance trade-offs)

  • Familiarity with

vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, OpenSearch, etc.)

  • Experience integrating AI systems into

enterprise platforms or business workflows

Contract Details:

  • £600 - £700 Per Day (Inside IR35)
  • 6 Months Initial Contract | + Extensions
  • Hybrid | London

Please apply for immediate consideration.

Source: Experis UK careers

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