AI Engineer - Contract

AI Engineer – Contract (x2) Rate: £700 per day Contract Length: 3–6 months Location: Flexible / Hybrid (depending on candidate) Morela is supporting an exciting AI startup in the search for two highly skilled AI Engineers with strong Python expertise to support the delivery of a key AI project. These are hands-on contract roles suited to engineers who enjoy building, optimising, and deploying AI solutions in a fast-moving environment. You’ll work closely with product, data, and engineering teams to design and implement machine learning models, contribute to production-ready pipelines, and help scale AI capabilities across the business. Key Responsibilities: • Design, build, and deploy machine learning models using Python • Develop and optimise data pipelines and model training workflows • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical solutions • Support model evaluation, performance tuning, and monitoring in production • Contribute to best practices around code quality, testing, and scalability Required Experience: • Proven experience as an AI Engineer or Machine Learning Engineer • Advanced Python skills with experience in ML frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn) • Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms and applied AI • Experience deploying models into production environments • Comfortable working in startup or fast-paced delivery environments This is a strong opportunity to join a growing AI startup at a key delivery phase, working on impactful projects and building production-grade AI solutions. If you’re interested or would like more details, please email me at