My client, a leader in Financial Services, are looking for an AI Engineer with hands-on implementation of Gen AI solutions required on a contract basis for 6 months + extensions, with 2 days per week in London. Our client is looking at a pay rate of £650 - £700 per day inside IR35.Role andamp; ResponsibilitiesWorking with business and technology stakeholders and contributing hands-on to the delivery of Gen AI-enabled application development across the EMEA region.Key Responsibilities Hands-on implementation of Gen AI solutions based on approved designs and architectural standardsDevelop, fine-tune and optimise LLMs and Gen AI models for production useBuild, maintain and enhance prompt engineering strategies and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelinesCollaborate with architects, cloud teams and business stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable and robust deploymentsConduct unit and integration testing, troubleshoot issues and support smooth releases into productionMaintain accurate documentation for code, processes and configurationsMonitor, analyse and improve model performance post-deploymentPartner with Cloud teams to enable secure and maintainable Gen AI solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standardsMonitor the evolving AI landscape and identify relevant applications for the organisationGuide development teams through solution implementation, testing and deploymentProvide guidance and mentorship to other team membersRequired Skills Experience delivering arc