Senior Applied AI Engineer — Scalable AI for LegalTech

Methodfi; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal tech company in Greater London is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to spearhead the deployment of AI-driven features in production. The role involves ensuring reliability and scaling AI systems, with a strong emphasis on collaboration with engineers and researchers. Candidates should have robust Python skills and a background in API design and event-driven architectures. The company offers generous benefits, including equity and substantial annual leave.

Benefits

Meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup

33 days’ annual leave including bank holidays

Pension contribution via Nest

20% off legal fees

Top-spec equipment

Regular team building activities

Qualifications

• Strong Python experience in building scalable backend systems.
• Familiarity with API design and distributed systems architecture.
• Experience with event-driven architectures like Kafka or AWS Step Functions.

Responsibilities

• Develop production-ready APIs and services exposing AI functionality.
• Improve reliability and monitoring for AI applications in production.
• Scale AI systems for legal use cases.

Skills

Strong Python experience

API design knowledge

Experience with event-driven architectures

Familiarity with cloud platforms

Best practices in observability

Tools

Kafka

AWS

GCP

Job description

A leading legal tech company in Greater London is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to spearhead the deployment of AI-driven features in production. The role involves ensuring reliability and scaling AI systems, with a strong emphasis on collaboration with engineers and researchers. Candidates should have robust Python skills and a background in API design and event-driven architectures. The company offers generous benefits, including equity and substantial annual leave.