AI Engineer

I.T. & Communications
Midlothian
March 3, 2026
£80000 - £80000
Permanent
Urgent

Job Description

Applied AI Role Agentic Systems for Legal Workflows

Remote (GMT-5 to GMT+1 overlap) Optional hubs: London / New York

Full-time Mid-level

Our client – AI-native LegalTech company

Travel: London every 5-6 weeks

Work Authorization

  • Must be eligible to work in the UK /EU
  • No visa sponsorship currently available
  • Must be able to travel to London every 5-6 weeks

About the Opportunity

Our client is rebuilding legal services around AI and data. Backed by $9M+ from a tier-1 US VC, they are building a Cursor-like experience where lawyers collaborate with intelligent agents on real legal work.

You will join a small, high-caliber engineering team growing from 2 to 5, with direct ownership over agent and retrieval systems used daily by internal lawyers.

This is an engineering-first applied AI role focused on shipping reliable, production-grade systems – not just experimentation.

What You’ll Build

  • Agent systems that automate legal document editing and repetitive workflows
  • Retrieval pipelines that ground outputs with high-quality citations
  • Deep research workflows enabling step-by-step legal investigation
  • Model fine tuning pipelines as internal data matures
  • End-to-end AI features deployed into real production environments

Tech Environment

  • LLM-powered and agentic architectures
  • Retrieval and search systems
  • Production backend infrastructure

What They’re Looking For

  • Strong production experience building AI systems in Python
  • Hands on work with LLM-powered or agentic systems
  • Proven model training or fine tuning experience
  • Ability to translate ambiguous product goals into working systems
  • Track record of shipping end to end in fast environments

Nice to Have

  • Experience with vector search or hybrid retrieval
  • Background in collaborative editor or document workflows
  • Exposure to regulated or high stakes domains
  • Familiarity with GCP, Postgres, or Temporal
  • Experience building products from zero to one

Why This Role Stands Out

  • Meaningful equity in a well funded early stage company
  • Unlimited budget for AI coding tools
  • Real ownership of agentic infrastructure
  • Annual Mallorca offsite + regular team gatherings
  • Tight feedback loop with real legal users

If you have shipped real AI systems into production and care about making agents actually reliable, our client wants to meet you

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