Backend Engineer

Job description

Backend Engineer (AI/LLM) | Contract | London | 3 days onsite

We're hiring backend engineers for a high-impact contract with a major UK media business. If you've built real AI-powered systems in production, not just played with APIs, we want to talk.

The role

You'll be embedded in a fast-moving team building intelligent editorial automation workflows. Think event-driven architecture, cloud-native infrastructure, and LLM integrations that actually have to work under pressure.

You'll need

• Strong backend engineering fundamentals

• AWS hands-on experience: Bedrock, Secrets Manager, the real stuff

• Production LLM/AI integration experience: evals, prompt engineering, handling unpredictable model behaviour

• REST API fluency: you've integrated messy third-party APIs and made them behave

What separates great candidates

• You've shipped AI features in anger, not just in a notebook

• You're comfortable with webhooks, async patterns, and stateful workflows

• You thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments: discovery phases don't faze you

• You're pragmatic, not precious

London-based, 3 days per week onsite

Contract role

⚡ Start immediately

Multiple positions available.

Drop me a message or apply below

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

16-03-2026

Profession type

ICT

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