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London AI recruiters for teams hiring engineers who build with AI.

London is one of Europe's largest AI hiring markets, anchored by world-class research and a dense startup scene. We are based here part of the year and help teams hire the engineers and go-to-market people who ship AI.

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Hiring AI talent in London

London combines top research talent, around King's Cross and the universities, with a large pool of engineers who have shipped AI in fintech, health and enterprise software. Competition for senior people is intense, and many candidates weigh mission and team quality as heavily as compensation.

We also help US companies building their first London team: calibrating the role for the UK market, setting expectations on notice periods, which are often one to three months, and running a process that works across time zones.

Roles we fill in London

  • ML Engineer
  • Applied AI / LLM Engineer
  • AI Research Engineer
  • Founding Engineer
  • MLOps & Platform Engineer
  • Head of AI
  • AI Product Manager
  • Account Executive and Solutions Engineer for AI products

How an AI search runs with us

01

Calibrate the role, not the resume.

We turn the hiring manager's real bar into a behavioural scorecard: what great looks like in the first 90 days, which trade-offs matter, and which signals on a CV are noise.

02

AI sources wide, fast.

AI tooling maps the market, including engineers who are not on job boards and people whose titles do not match what they actually build.

03

A human makes every call.

Every candidate who is advanced or rejected is reviewed by a person. Shortlists come with written reasoning you can audit, not a black-box score.

04

Assess for how people work.

Structured interviews and behavioural assessment test judgment, ownership and how someone ships under ambiguity, which is what separates strong AI engineers from strong interviewers.

UK and EU rules for AI in recruitment

UK data protection law expects meaningful human involvement when automated decisions significantly affect candidates, and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 updates those rules. Teams also hiring in the EU fall under the EU AI Act, which classes recruitment AI as high-risk. A human reviews every candidate decision in our searches.

Read: meaningful human involvement in UK recruitment

Teams we've hired for

Focused.ioJumpBreedrlocalize.cityBlockworksReturnmatesRevinateState AffairsMakersplaceLongevity PartnersProjectManager.comVertaloSINAI Technologies

London AI recruiting FAQ

Do you recruit AI engineers in London for US companies?

Yes. We help US companies open or grow London teams, including role calibration for the UK market, notice-period planning and a process that works across time zones.

How long are notice periods for senior AI engineers in London?

Commonly one to three months, which is longer than in the US. We plan the search timeline around it so start dates are realistic.

Is AI-assisted recruiting allowed under UK law?

Yes, with safeguards. UK data protection law expects meaningful human involvement in significant automated decisions. In our searches a human makes and records every candidate decision.

Do you recruit across the EU as well as London?

Yes. We recruit for London and EU roles, and our searches are aligned with the EU AI Act's requirements for high-risk recruitment systems.

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Hiring AI talent in London?

Tell us the role and where the pipeline is stuck. You'll hear back within one business day with a scope, a timeline, and a fee.

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