AI Consultant

Talkspirit; City of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI consultancy is seeking an AI Consultant in London. You will design and deploy advanced agentic AI systems, collaborate with diverse teams, and ensure solutions comply with public-sector standards. Ideal candidates hold a MSc/PhD in AI or related fields and have hands-on experience with AI technologies like Python and popular ML frameworks. The role offers a salary of approx £75k, a company options scheme, and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Company options scheme

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of AI and machine learning principles.
• Hands-on experience building deployable AI systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy agentic AI systems.
• Collaborate with teams to identify AI use cases.
• Implement and fine-tune models for language understanding.

Skills

AI and machine learning principles

Building and deploying agentic AI systems

Proficiency in Python

Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

MSc or equivalent research experience

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LangChain

Hugging Face

Job description

AI Consultant

Talkspirit

Status: Active (6 days ago posted)

Salary: approx £75k + Company Options Scheme

Location: Hybrid working partly London Vauxhall, partly remote (client sites usually in & around London).

About Talkspirit: A Workflow & AI Orchestration Specialist on a mission to modernise how public sector organisations manage casework, derive insight from data and deliver citizen services. Growing fast and looking for bright, dynamic people to build our business.

Role

We are looking for an AI Practitioner to join our growing team, specialising in Agentic AI autonomous systems capable of reasoning, planning, and collaborating with humans.

Ideal candidate: MSc/PhD or equivalent research and implementation experience in AI, machine learning, or related disciplines, who enjoys working across research, engineering and consulting.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy agentic AI systems that support autonomous reasoning and decision‑making
• Collaborate with service designers, engineers and business analysts to identify and frame AI use cases
• Prototype multi‑agent systems, reasoning engines and knowledge‑graph integrations
• Implement and fine‑tune models for language understanding, decision automation and data insight generation
• Evaluate and integrate open‑source and commercial AI frameworks into orchestration workflows
• Ensure AI solutions are explainable, auditable and compliant with public‑sector governance standards
• Advise on AI strategy, ethical use and adoption roadmaps for clients
• Contribute to internal R&D, thought leadership and Cascis AI propositions
• Support bids and client engagements where AI capability is a key differentiator

Essential qualifications

• Deep understanding of AI and machine learning principles (preferably with a MSc or equivalent experience)
• Hands‑on experience building and deploying agentic AI or multi‑agent systems
• Proficiency in Python and popular AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, Hugging Face)
• Familiarity with LLM fine‑tuning, reasoning and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) techniques
• Experience integrating AI models into production systems or orchestration platforms
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, ability to translate research into practical outcomes
• Excellent written and verbal communication, can explain complex AI concepts to non‑technical audiences
• Experience working in or consulting for UK public‑sector organisations
• Must be eligible and prepared to go through SC Security Clearance

Desirable qualifications

• Knowledge of agent architectures (e.g., ReAct, AutoGen, CrewAI, BabyAGI, or similar frameworks)
• Experience designing reasoning loops, memory systems and tool‑using AI agents
• Understanding of ethical AI, governance frameworks and public‑sector AI standards
• Familiarity with BPMN/DMN, process orchestration or workflow automation platforms
• Experience contributing to AI research, publications or open‑source projects
• Holds UK security clearance (SC, DV, eDV)

What They Offer

• Company option scheme giving employees a stake in the organisation
• Meaningful missions – tackle high‑impact public‑sector problems that improve services millions rely on
• Hybrid and flexible working: between London office, client offices and your home location
• Outputs over optics – focus on delivery, not hours online
• Autonomy by default – people are empowered to do what is needed
• Professional development – training and certifications are supported
• Work closely with founders – learn from experienced practitioners in a nurturing, hands‑on environment

Additional information

Hybrid working between your home, our London office, and client sites.

Travel: company covers travel expenses; visits 2‑3 days per week, mainly in and around London.

Clearance: Please only apply if you are eligible (have resided in the UK for the past 5 years) and prepared to go through UK SC Security Clearance. Non‑UK citizens who require sponsorship are not accepted.

Seniority level

Mid‑senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Science

Industries

Research Services