Senior AI Engineer (Platform)

Job description

Senior AI Platform Engineer – Up to £90,000 Base

Hybrid: 1–2 Days per Week On‑Site (South West London)

A tech‑led insurer is scaling a new AI function and hiring an AI Platform Engineer to build production‑ready AI systems on GCP. This is one of the first hires into a newly created AI organisation, with the mandate to make the business the UK’s first fully AI‑powered insurer.

What You’ll Do

• Build and operate production‑grade AI agents on GCP using Google’s ADK
• Integrate AI systems with policy, claims and CRM platforms via REST/JSON APIs
• Develop scalable RAG pipelines including ingestion, text processing and vector search
• Implement evaluation, monitoring, A/B testing and cost/latency dashboards
• Shape architectural patterns, engineering standards and wider AI strategy
• Work across key AI products including claims automation and internal retrieval tools

Role Requirements

• Background in Data/ML Engineering or Software Engineering with strong applied AI experience
• Deep expertise in GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Run/Functions, ADK, Model Garden)
• Strong Python and API development experience
• Hands‑on with LLMs, embeddings, RAG, vector databases
• Proven track record building production‑ready AI systems with observability and testing
• Solid DevOps capability: CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes

Work Environment & Location

• 1–2 days per week on‑site in either:
• South West London
• Hybrid flexibility the remainder of the week

Key Products You'll Impact

• Claims Automation (Agentic AI): End‑to‑end automated claims processing focused on efficiency, indemnity savings and cost reduction
• Internal AI‑powered retrieval tool already live and expanding across internal platforms

Why Join?

• Direct and visible impact on P&L, cost savings and operational performance
• A fast feedback loop — far quicker than large insurers or corporates
• Significant “low‑hanging fruit” in automation and workflow optimisation
• Opportunity to build agentic systems from the ground up
• Backed investment and a roadmap to scale the AI team to 10+ people
• Chance to be part of a pivotal transformation as the organisation becomes an AI‑powered insurer

Apply below!

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

New Malden

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

09-03-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English