AI Engineer

Newcastle upon Tyne Source: WhatJobs

£72,000–£88,000

Working Pattern: Remote-first, with 1–2 days per month in the office

Salary: Up to £80,000

Contract: Full-time

About the Role

We’re looking for an AI Engineer to help build and scale intelligent, agent-driven systems that operate reliably in real-world production environments. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, cloud architecture, and modern AI platforms.

You’ll be trusted to design systems that don’t just work today, but continue to evolve as models, tooling, and requirements inevitably change.

What You’ll Be Doing

Building and maintaining robust backend services using Node.js and TypeScript
Designing and operating agent-based AI systems , from orchestration through to deployment
Managing conversational context, memory, and state across complex workflows
Integrating internal services and third-party tools through clean, well-structured APIs
Implementing observability, evaluation, and cost controls for AI workloads
Designing cloud-native systems on AWS , with a focus on scalability and resilience
Contributing to architectural decisions across distributed, event-driven systems
Working closely with product and engineering teams to turn ideas into production-ready solutions

What You’ll Bring

Significant experience building production-grade systems with TypeScript and Node.js
Hands-on experience with agentic AI frameworks or similar orchestration platforms
A strong understanding of:
Multi-agent workflow orchestration
Context and memory management in AI-driven applications
Tooling, MCPs, and API-based integrations
Monitoring, evaluation, and cost awareness for AI systems
Deep experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud-native patterns
Solid knowledge of modern system architectures , including microservices and event-driven designs
A proven ability to design systems that remain flexible as models, tools, and business needs evolve