Senior AI Engineer (Python)

Job Title: Senior AI Engineer

Location: Dublin, Ireland.

Type: Hybrid

Model: Contract

Duration: 10 Months

Our client is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to join its Risk Technology organisation. The role focuses on designing, building and operating production-grade agentic systems that support mission-critical workflows within a highly regulated environment. This is a hands-on engineering position with significant ownership across system design, reliability and delivery.

As a Senior AI Engineer, the successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Designing, building and operating agentic AI systems using Python
• Developing agent workflows using frameworks such as LangGraph or equivalent stateful orchestration approaches
• Designing and implementing context management strategies across multi-step and long-running agent executions
• Building and maintaining RAG pipelines leveraging structured, semi-structured and unstructured data sources
• Integrating AI systems with existing internal platforms through RESTful and event-driven APIs
• Defining and implementing orchestration patterns for agents, tools and workflows, including synchronous, asynchronous and human-in-the-loop processes

Required skills and experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in software engineering with strong Python development skills
• Practical experience with LangGraph or other agentic workflow frameworks
• Deep understanding of context management and MCP-style tool protocols
• Experience with RAG architectures, including embeddings and retrieval strategies
• Strong understanding of workflow orchestration concepts such as state management, retries and idempotency
• Strong systems design capabilities with the ability to assess scalability and failure scenarios
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and effectively

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience working with relational databases, NoSQL databases and vector stores
• Experience integrating systems using asynchronous messaging patterns, including pub-sub events and