Applied Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Company: Oxford Dynamics
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Location: London
Job Description:

Applied Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Contract: Permanent or Contract considered (Hybrid)

Roles: Hiring for multiple positions

Salary: Very Competitive

Location: London

ANOTEFROMTHEFOUNDERS

OxfordDynamicsisataninflectionpoint.

Weoperateinsomeofthemostcomplexandhigh-stakesenvironmentsintheworld-defence,nationalsecurity,AIandrobotics.Thedecisionswemakenowwilldefinenotjusthowfastwegrow,butwhowebecome.

Youwillworkcloselywiththeentireteam.Youwillbetrustedwithjudgmentcalls.Youwillinfluencethebusiness.Andyouwillseetheimpactofyourworkeveryday.

Ifyouareexcitedbyownership,paceandpurpose-andbybuildingsomethingthatgenuinelymatters-wewouldlovetohearfromyou.

Foundedin2020,OxfordDynamicsisafast-growingUKdeep-techcompanydevelopingAIandroboticsystemsdesignedtooperateinmission-criticalenvironments.

OurflagshipAVIS(AVeryIntelligentSystem)AIframeworkfusesmulti-modaldata-text,imagery,telemetryandsensorfeeds-enablingoperatorstointerrogatecomplexinformationatspeedandmakebetterdecisionsunderpressure.

OurSTRIDERroboticplatformperformsautonomoustasksinhazardousenvironments,protectingpeoplewhileextendingoperationalreach.

Ourambitionissimplebutdemanding:toconvergeAIandroboticssomachinescansense,understandandactincomplex,real-worldenvironments.

Weworkwithdefenceandsecurityorganisationsinternationallytohelpprotectnations,infrastructureandlives.

WhatYouWillBeDoing

WearelookingforAIengineerswhobuildandshipagenticAIsystemsinproduction.YouwillworkatthecuttingedgeofagenticandgenerativeAI-designingmulti-agentpipelines,integratinglargelanguagemodelsandvision-languagemodelsintorealworkflows,anddeployingthemintosecureandair-gappedenvironmentsfordefenceandnationalsecuritycustomers.

Thisisadeliveryrole.Youwillownfeaturesend-to-end-fromdesignthroughtodeploymentinconstrainedenvironmentswherereliabilityandsecuritymattermorethanspeedtomarket.

KeyResponsibilities

  • Architect,build,andoptimisemulti-agentAIsystemsusingframeworkssuchasLangGraph,Haystack,orequivalent
  • IntegrateLLMsandvision-languagemodelsintoagentworkflowsforreasoning,search,summarisation,andtaskexecution
  • DeployAIsystemsintocloud,on-premises,andair-gappedenvironments
  • Buildproduction-readypipelinesfromdataingestionthroughtoinference
  • ExperiencewithobservabilityforAIsystems,includingagentbehaviour,modelperformance,andfailuremodes
  • Collaboratewithengineers,productleads,andcustomerstotranslaterequirementsintoworkingsystems
  • Contributetoevaluationframeworks,systemintegration,andperformancetracking
  • ActasatechnicalauthorityforagenticAI-settingdesignpatternsforjuniorengineers

Requirements

  • Commercialexperiencebuildingmulti-agentoragenticAIsystemsinproduction
  • StrongPythonskillsandhands-onexperiencewithLLMframeworks(LangGraph,LangChain,Haystack,orsimilar)
  • ExperiencedeployingAI/MLsystemsintoproductionenvironments
  • FamiliaritywithDocker,Git,andcloudplatforms(AWSpreferred)
  • Understandingofsecuredeploymentpatterns-air-gapped,on-premises,orsovereigncloud

Preferred

  • Experiencewithmultimodalreasoning
  • ExperiencewithedgeorofflineAIdeployments
  • FamiliaritywithKubernetes(EKS/OpenShift)formonitoringandmanagingdeployedapplications
  • MLOpsexperience-modelevaluation,monitoring,reproducibility
  • Observabilitytoolingforagenticsystems(modeldrift,agentbehaviour,performancemonitoring)
  • Experiencewithagentorchestrationpatternsandinter-agentcommunicationprotocols(e.g.A2A)
  • FamiliaritywithMCPsfortoolandcontextintegrationinagenticsystems
  • Familiaritywithsecure-by-designdevelopmentprinciples(ISO27001,NIST,OWASP)
  • Experienceindefence,nationalsecurity,orsimilarlyregulatedenvironments
  • Contributionstoopen-sourceAI/MLprojects

An active SC or DV is highly desirable for these roles

SoftSkills

  • Delivery-focused-youshipworkingsystems,notprototypes
  • Comfortableoperatingacrossthestackwhenneeded
  • Strongcommunicator-canpresenttotechnicalandnon-technicalstakeholders
  • Thrivesinsmallteamswithhighownership

WhyOxfordDynamics?

JointhemostexcitinggrowthareaintheUK:AIandRobotics!EverymemberoftheOxfordDynamicsteamhasamajorimpactontheproductsandservicesweprovide.Regardlessofjobtitle,youwillgettomakearealdifferenceandlearnfromcolleaguesaboutallareasofourbusiness.

Benefitsinclude:

  • Rapidcareerprogressionandpersonalgrowth
  • Flexibleworkinghours
  • Opportunitytoshapethefutureofafast-growingbusiness
  • Hybridworkingmodel
  • Companypension(NEST)with4%employercontribution
  • PrivateHealthcare
  • 29daysholiday+publicholidays

OxfordDynamicsiscommittedtocreatinganinclusiveteamexperienceforall.Regardlessofrace,gender,religion,sexualorientation,age,disability,orparentalstatus,webelieveourworkisatitsbestwheneveryonefeelsfreetobetheirauthenticself.

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Posted: September 22nd, 2026