Skills

Python C# GitHub CI/CD DevOps Azure DevOps Test Windows Databases git Azure node.js OpenAI Large Language Models Microsoft Azure

Job Specifications

Job Title: Prompt Engineer (Contract)

Rate: £550 - £600 per day

Duration: 6 months

Location: London, Tunbridge Wells, Ipswich or Bolton

Working Model: Hybrid (3 days onsite)

Industry: Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI)

The Role

We are looking for a Prompt Engineer to design, implement, and optimise conversational and generative AI solutions powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) on Microsoft Azure.

You will focus on prompt strategy, prompt chaining, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and secure API integration, ensuring AI outputs are accurate, safe, explainable, and grounded in trusted enterprise data.

Key Responsibilities

Design, test, and refine system, developer, and user prompts
Implement prompt chaining and multi-step orchestration workflows
Build and integrate LLM-powered features using Azure OpenAI and Azure services
Develop and optimise RAG pipelines (chunking, embeddings, indexing, ranking)
Integrate LLMs via REST APIs and SDKs into enterprise applications
Define evaluation frameworks for accuracy, safety, latency, and cost
Monitor production behaviour and continuously improve AI outputs
Apply Responsible AI principles, data privacy, and security controls

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong hands-on experience in prompt engineering and prompt chaining
Solid understanding of LLM behaviour (tokens, temperature, context windows, tool calling)
Experience deploying LLM solutions on Azure
Proficiency with Python or C# (Node.js acceptable)
Experience with RAG, embeddings, semantic search, and vector databases
REST API integration and JSON
Knowledge of prompt injection risks and AI security considerations
Git and CI/CD experience (Azure DevOps or GitHub)

Desirable

LLM evaluation frameworks and prompt quality metrics
MLOps and observability for LLM applications
Document processing and ETL for retrieval pipelines

About the Company

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