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Senior AI Engineer

£90,000 to £120,000a year

Job type
Permanent
Location
London
Posted
1w ago

Job description

Senior AI Engineer

London (On-Site)

£90,000 - £120,000 + Equity + Bi-Annual Salary Reviews + Annual Equity Refresh

Are you a full-stack engineer with AI and machine learning expertise looking to play a leading role in developing cutting-edge AI systems that are transforming financial crime prevention while enjoying significant ownership and influence within a fast-growing start-up environment?

This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative AI company developing next-generation technology to automate complex compliance and financial crime investigations. Working at the forefront of AI, machine learning, and enterprise software, you will help build solutions that improve efficiency, accuracy, and decision-making for financial institutions around the world.

In this role, you will design and develop full-stack features across front-end, back-end, AI, and infrastructure environments. You will work on advanced applications including document fraud detection, web due diligence, prompt optimisation, AI evaluation frameworks, model fine-tuning, and custom machine learning solutions.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in full-stack product engineering, hands-on exposure to modern AI technologies, and a passion for solving real-world problems through technology. This is a high-ownership position offering the opportunity to shape both product direction and AI strategy within a rapidly scaling business.

The Role:

Build and develop full-stack AI-powered product features

Develop and optimise LLM, computer vision, and agent-based systems

Create evaluation, testing, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning frameworks

Work across front-end, back-end, DevOps, and MLOps environments

Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver customer-focused solutionsThe Person:

4+ years' experience in a full-stack or product engineering role

Strong TypeScript, React, and Node.js development skills

Experience with AI/ML systems, prompt engineering, and model fine-tuning

Knowledge of computer vision and custom model training

Proactive, commercially minded, and comfortable taking ownership of projectsReference Number: BBBH(phone number removed)

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates

Benefits

Equity + Salary Reviews + Equity Re

How this salary compares

We compare the midpoint of this range with the median of 7 permanent Machine Learning Engineer adverts from named employers that state a salary, and of 216 across UK tech.

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9% below the Machine Learning Engineer median