Senior AI Engineer
Vera
Software Engineering, Data Science
GBP 80k-100k / year + Equity
Posted on Oct 7, 2025
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Senior AI Engineer
Description
Founding Senior AI Engineer
📍 Location: Fully Remote
💰 Competitive salary (80-100k GBP*) plus attractive equity opportunity
🙌 Full-time or Contract
👤 Reporting to: Simon Holland, Founder
📩 Apply here
🫵 About You
You’re joining as a Senior AI Engineer to take full ownership of Vera’s intelligent document automation systems from architecture to production deployment.
You’ve shipped real-world LLM features, worked across the modern AI stack (LangChain, Pydantic AI, vector DBs), and want to build fast for real business use cases — not just prototypes.
You have a proven track record shipping LLM features into production with impact
You architect and scale intelligent systems, not just fine-tune prompts
You balance speed and rigor — pragmatic about when to build vs buy
You bring deep knowledge of the AI/ML toolchain and know how to apply it in the real-world
You communicate clearly explain the “why” behind AI
You’re excited to own problems end-to-end with autonomy and urgency
You’re fine with ambiguity and can adapt as quickly as the stack (and business) evolves
🧩 What You’ll Own
Architecting AI systems using Azure OpenAI, LangChain, Pydantic AI, multi-agent frameworks
Designing new features for document understanding, classification and data extraction
Building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems to power intelligent workflows
Architecting AI agent systems using CrewAI / Pydantic AI to automate business ops
Crafting context-aware prompt engineering strategies for LLM workflows
Collaborating closely with engineers to integrate models into production APIs
Researching and evaluating new AI methods and tooling to drive efficiency
Translating AI capabilities into product narratives that make sense to stakeholders
🌍 What You’re Walking Into
Production AI systems processing thousands of documents daily
A stack of LLM apps that need optimizing, scaling, and smart architecture
Complex document pipelines pulling handling diverse formats
Integration with 15+ business applications requiring intelligent data extraction
Opportunities to lead on multi-agent workflows and novel RAG infrastructure
A fast-growing AI-native company where your ideas ship fast and matter
✅ Our Must-Haves
6+ years of AI/ML experience with deep roots in NLP and document processing
2+ years of production LLM experience (GPT-3.5/4, Claude, etc.)
2+ years document processing like PDF parsing, OCR, text extraction, classification
2+ years experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks
Strong Python skills with AI/ML libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, transformers)
Hands-on with PDF parsing, OCR, classification (pre-LLM experience welcome)
Experience with vector DBs, embeddings, and RAG design and optimization
Solid prompt engineering skills — few-shot, CoT, multi-turn
You’ve shipped AI models into production environments, not just notebooks
⭐ Bonus
(Not required, but hugely helpful)
Master’s in AI/ML, Computer Science, or related field
2+ years with Azure OpenAI or AWS Bedrock
Background in classic NLP with recent shift to LLMs
Experience with document layout analysis, OCR, or lightweight computer vision
Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, or ChromaDB)
Early adopter energy — you picked up LLMs early and ran with them
Previous experience in document or business process automation
🔥 5 Reasons To Join
Architect the AI backbone of a platform used by top-tier finance pros and growing SMBs
Own real LLM workflows; multi-agent systems, RAG, and intelligent document automation
Build from zero: clean slate infra, no tech debt, full control
Ride the inflection point: early customers, revenue, and serious demand
Work in a high-frequency problem space: the kind AI is built for
📩 Apply here.
Include links to anything you’re proud of GitHub, personal site, or just a thoughtful note. We care more about what you’ve built than where you’ve worked.
This will be a 3-stage interview process:
CEO & Founder
CTO
Founding Team + Engineering Team
Salary is commensurate with experience, and we offer substantial equity. The position does not have fixed hours and does not include bonuses.