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You’ll be designing and deploying production-grade AI agents that operate across CRMs, databases, compliance tools, and internal workflows - becoming true AI teammates inside organisations.\nAs one of the early AI hires, you’ll play a foundational role in shaping how these systems are architected, orchestrated, and trusted in the real world.\nThe Opportunity\nMy client is redefining how enterprise software behaves by embedding intelligence directly into workflows. Their platform enables AI agents to perceive context, plan actions, coordinate across systems, and continuously improve over time.\nThis is a hands-on role for builders who want to work at the frontier of agentic AI, not follow trends. Using AI tools to increase your own productivity is expected, not optional.\nWhat You’ll Do\nAs an early AI Engineer, you will:\nDesign, build, and deploy autonomous AI agents using modern orchestration layers (n8n, Temporal, and agentic frameworks).\nCreate intelligent, context-aware workflows that integrate deeply with enterprise systems such as CRMs, databases, and internal tools.\nDevelop multi-agent architectures including planner-executor patterns, memory layers, persona-based behaviours, and tool-using agents.\nPush the limits of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, and vector search to ground agent decisions in real-time enterprise data.\nIntegrate and optimise LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, etc.) alongside enterprise APIs and services.\nOwn the AI pipeline end-to-end: context construction, prompting, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration.\nSet standards for reliability, latency, safety, and trust as AI becomes embedded in mission-critical workflows.\nCollaborate closely with product and design to identify high-impact use cases where AI delivers 10x value.\nWhat My Client Is Looking For\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.\n5+ years of hands-on experience in applied machine learning, NLP, or AI systems development.\nStrong experience working with large language models (GPT-4, Claude, or similar), including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, or API-based deployment.\nProven experience building RAG pipelines using embeddings and vector databases.\nKnowledge of agentic and multi-agent systems, task orchestration, and related architectures.\nProficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.).\nExperience with agent orchestration tools such as LangChain, LangGraph, Temporal, n8n, or custom-built stacks.\nSolid understanding of enterprise software fundamentals: APIs, CI/CD, version control, monitoring, and performance optimisation.\nStrong communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment.\nWhy Join\n Top-tier compensation and meaningful equity with strong upside.\nLatest MacBook Pro and high-end workstation setup.\nPaid AI tools and cloud credits to experiment and build freely.\nPremium health, wellness, and learning budgets.\nFlexible PTO and working hours.\nA culture that values ownership, curiosity, and shipping real products - 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