Job title: AI Product Developer (AI Foundry)
Job type: Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Pay interval: Daily
Pay rate from: GBP £350.00
Pay rate to: GBP £400.00
Location: Leeds
Job published: 18/03/2026
Job ID: 33270
Contact name: Dr Sanjeev Mehta
Contact email: sanjeev@sushtalent.co.uk

Job Description

Job Title-AI Product Developer (AI Foundry)

Client-Global Consulting Firm

Day Rate-£350-£400 (Outside IR35)

Duration-6 months (extendable)

Location-Leeds (Hybrid, 3 days per week)

 

  • Design, develop and maintain Copilot solutions, intelligent agents, plugins, connectors and LLM workflows (e.g., Copilot Studio).
  • Build scalable components (prompt orchestration, retrieval layers, automation flows, model interfaces, validation pipelines).
  • Integrate with enterprise systems/APIs/data platforms, ensuring security, resilience and architecture alignment.
  • Conduct rapid prototyping to validate feasibility, model behaviour, UX and performance.
  • Implement securebydesign and responsible AI practices (guardrails, controls, monitoring, auditability).
  • Develop/optimise RAG components, embeddings, vector queries and metadata strategies for accuracy/reliability.
  • Implement observability: logging, telemetry and LLM monitoring for quality and incident triage.
  • Create reusable assets (prompt libraries, agent templates, connectors, test harnesses) and documentation.
  • Translate design artefacts into buildready specifications and aligned solution designs.
  • Codefine test strategies and model performance thresholds with the AI Test Lead.
  • Mentor colleagues and enable pro/low/nocode teams to adopt AI safely.
  • Ensure responsible AI principles (e.g., transparency, explainability, ISO42001) are incorporated into all development.
  • Maintain a library of development artefacts, patterns and reusable assets to support repeatability and uplift maturity across the AI Foundry.