AI Engineer, Leeds

We're a fast-growing, premium body care brand, based in the UK. AI isn't a bolt-on for us, it's native to how we operate, and we're hiring someone to help build that out properly.

This is a hands-on builder role, we want working systems in the hands of our operators, not strategies on a slide deck. You'll work alongside our departmental leads to ship fast. You will be responsible for the creation of internal AI tools, agents, and automations that make a real difference to entire departments and team members.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain AI tools, agents, and automated workflows for internal teams
• Integrate frontier AI models (primarily Claude) into our systems, third-party platforms, and BigQuery data warehouse via MCP servers, APIs, and CLI workflows
• Set up and secure self-hosted infrastructure including GPU workloads, model serving, and internal endpoints
• Own the security posture of the AI stack. Secrets management, access control, prompt injection mitigation, and audit logging
• Prototype quickly, gather feedback from operators, and iterate to production

Requirements

• Strong Python skills; TypeScript/Node.js a plus
• Deep hands-on experience with the Anthropic API, Claude, tool use, MCPs, and prompt engineering
• Comfortable building and extending MCP servers and working in CLI-first environments
• Solid infrastructure knowledge: Linux, Docker, cloud deployment (GCP/AWS), self-hosted server administration
• Security-first mindset with experience handling sensitive internal data
• SQL and BigQuery experience desirable

What We Offer

• A senior, visible role in a genuinely AI-native business
• Real problems, real budget, and direct access to leadership
• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Latest AI tools and platforms