AI Research Engineer

AI Research Engineer

London (Hybrid - 2 days in office) Competitive salary between £60,000 - £70,000 + bonus and benefits

This is a great opportunity for an AI Research Engineer who wants to work on applied AI. You will be joining a newly created AI function with investment and a clear mandate to transform how a specialist insurer operates using LLMs, agents, and automation across the claims journey.

The Company

They are a UK-based, digitally led specialist home insurer with a strong focus on complex and non-standard insurance. Technology, data, and AI are at the heart of how they operate, with a culture that feels closer to a tech company than a traditional insurer. Following recent investment, they are midway through a multi-year growth and transformation cycle where AI is a core strategic priority. You will be joining at a time when the AI team is growing, the roadmap is ambitious, and there is space to shape how things are done.

The Role

As an AI Research Engineer, you will sit within a small but rapidly scaling AI team, working alongside an AI Platform Engineer and reporting into the Head of AI. Your focus is on applied AI/ML research, fast experimentation, and turning ideas into working prototypes that can be adopted by the business.

You will:

• Rapidly prototype, test, and compare LLMs and embeddings for real product and claims use cases.
• Build features and enhancements for AI-first internal products, including their internal AI agent used by operations teams.
• Develop AI agents that support claims automation.
• Design, build, and improve evaluation frameworks.
• Run ongoing testing and monitoring.
• Work closely with Claims Operations and product stakeholders.

Your Skills And Experience

You will succeed in this role if you have:

• Strong Python engineering skills for backend services and API integrations.
• Hands-on experience working with LLMs and related tooling, including:
• LLMs RAG patterns, vector databases, function calling, and prompt design.
• Solid experience with Google Cloud Platform, ideally including:
• Vertex AI, Model Garden, BigQuery, Cloud Run or Cloud Functions
• Ability to turn ideas and problem statements into working prototypes that can be demonstrated to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience working closely with operations or product teams to validate AI behaviour and refine solutions.

What They Offer

• Competitive salary plus annual bonus and comprehensive benefits package.
• Hybrid working
• The chance to join an AI function at an early stage, with direct access to the Head of AI and significant influence over tools, practices, and roadmap.
• Real ownership of impactful projects, with a clear link between your work and business outcomes in claims and operations.
• Ongoing professional development, including opportunities to broaden into AI product, platform, or leadership as the team scales.

How To Apply

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Madison Barlow via the Apply link on this page.