About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior AI Agent Engineer with a strong background in building agentic AI applications and workflows. You will be a key player in our AI team, responsible for driving the technical architecture and implementation of our next-generation AI products, taking AI/LLM models from prototype to production to power Profitero+ products and internal tools.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy LLM-based systems, agentic applications and complex AI workflows using generative AI models (Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, etc.) and relevant frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Crew AI, or similar).
- Deploy, operate, and iterate on AI systems in production environments, including performance tuning and cost optimization.
- Design and build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems using embeddings, vector databases, and semantic search.
- Build and optimize prompts and interaction strategies for LLMs to achieve desired outcomes in agentic systems.
- Integrate various tools, APIs, and data sources, potentially utilizing MCP Servers, to enhance model context and tool integration.
- Develop robust, scalable, and maintainable code in Python for all components of the agentic applications, from backend logic to API integrations.
- Implement testing, evaluation and monitoring strategies for agentic systems to ensure performance, reliability, and safety, and effective reasoning, tool usage, and failure handling.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest research and developments in generative AI, LLMs, agentic systems, and protocols like MCP, evaluating their potential for our products.
- Contribute to the architecture and technical roadmap of our AI initiatives.
- Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge within the team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in software development, with a significant focus on AI/ML applications.
- Proven proficiency in Python and experience with relevant AI/ML libraries and frameworks.
- Hands-on experience in developing applications utilizing Large Language Models (LLMs) such as Claude, OpenAI (GPT-4, etc.), Google Gemini, or other prominent generative AI models.
- Experience in building agentic applications or workflows, demonstrating an understanding of concepts like planning, memory, tool usage, and multi-agent systems.
- Familiarity with AI workflow orchestration and agentic frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Crew AI, Haystack, or similar).
- Practical experience with RAG architectures, embeddings, vector databases, and semantic search.
- Experience working with Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers.
- Experience with RESTful APIs and integrating external services.
- Solid understanding of software development best practices, including version control (Git), testing, and CI/CD.
- Experience with Snowflake is a plus.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
Skills
- AI Agent Engineering
- Agentic AI Applications
- Agentic AI Workflows
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Claude
- OpenAI GPT series
- Google Gemini
- Crew AI
- OpenAI Agent SDK
- Langgraph
- Python
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Embeddings
- Vector Databases
- Semantic Search
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers
- RESTful APIs
- Git
- CI/CD
- Snowflake
Location
- Reading
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Flexible working hours
Experience Level
- 3+ Years with AI
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Employee healthcare
- Life assurance
- Group income protection
- Dental care plan
- Eye care scheme
- 24 hour on-line GP
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- 25 days off + bank holidays + birthdays off
- Reduced gym membership
- Social events
- Employee referral scheme
- Personal development plans
- Profitero Hero scheme
About the Company
- Profitero+ is a leading global SaaS commerce platform that uses predictive intelligence to help brands anticipate, activate and automate their next best action to fuel profitable growth.
- Our technology monitors 80+ million products daily, across 1400+ retailers and 70+ countries, helping brands optimise search placement, product content, pricing, stock availability, reviews and more.
- News outlets, including Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal and Ad Age frequently cite and trust Profitero as a source of data for their stories.
- Profitero+ joined Publicis Groupe (a $13 billion global marketing services and technology company) as a standalone commerce division, infusing our business with significant product development resources and investment while giving our employees an incredible launchpad for their careers.
- Profitero’s tech and data combined with Publicis’ tech, data and activation services positions us to be a true end-to-end partner for helping brands maximise eCommerce market share and profits.
- Come be a part of our fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture and next stage of growth.
- Be part of a company on the forefront of eCommerce revolution where you will learn a lot and be a catalyst to turbo-charging your skills, experience and career.
Equal Opportunity
- Profitero+ is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment.
- Profitero recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected characteristics as required by applicable law.
