Bracknell
AI Engineer (LLMs, Python & Java) Bracknell (Hybrid) What if you could own and build the AI capability from the ground up in a scaling, purpose-driven tech company? We’re hiring the first dedicated AI Engineer to join a fast-growing (~280 people) Healthtech organisation making a real-world impact. This is a rare opportunity to shape the AI strategy, design production-grade systems, and bring cutting-edge LLM-powered solutions into a live product environment. The Role You’ll sit at the intersection of AI, backend engineering, and cloud systems, designing and deploying intelligent features that directly impact users. Expect to: • Design and implement LLM-based applications (RAG pipelines, agents, copilots), • Build scalable backend services using Python and Java, • Integrate AI into existing cloud-native SaaS platforms, • Own the full lifecycle: experimentation ? prototyping ? production, • Optimise model performance, cost, and latency in real-world environments, • 5+ years in software engineering, with strong experience in Python and/or Java, • Hands-on experience working with LLMs (prompt engineering, fine-tuning, embeddings, vector databases, RAG), • Experience building and deploying applications in cloud environments (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP also considered), • Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, and distributed systems, • Familiarity with tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, • Experience working with data stores (SQL/NoSQL) and large datasets, • Be the first AI hire — real ownership and influence, • Work on meaningful, tech-for-good products, • Modern stack, forward-thinking leadership, strong growth trajectory, • Salary up to £95,000 (depending on experience), • Bonus + private medical, • Bracknell-based hybrid working