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Senior AI Engineer

Vallum Associates • Farringdon, Central London

Salary

£112k – £130k

Posted

13 July 2026

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Vallum Associates is hiring a Senior AI Engineer in Farringdon, a it role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £112k – £130k. Vallum Associates holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Role/Job title: Senior AI Engineer Work Location: London Type work: Contract Mode of work: Hybrid JD: Responsibilities: Design and develop agentic AI systems capable of multi-step reasoning, planning, and action execution Build scalable AI applications using Python as the core development language Develop and integrate solutions using Azure OpenAI Services, including prompt engineering, embeddings, and fine-tuning strategies Implement orchestration pipelines using Semantic Kernel and LangGraph …

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Vallum Associates — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £112k – £130k
How this salary compares: about 125% above the £57,739 median across 677 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Farringdon, Central London
Similar roles nearby: 12 other live it roles in Farringdon — browse them
Posted: 13 July 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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