Read first: this is UK-only. You must be in Greater London or Kent — occasional in-person is part of the role. If you’re elsewhere, this isn’t the one.
Most AI roles want a polished CV, corporate experience and three rounds of interviews. This isn’t one of them.
GenAgentik is a new AI implementation practice in Bexley, working face-to-face with small business owners across South London and Kent. I’m Stuart Shaw — 25 years running businesses across the UK and Asia, including eight years as COO of a 108-unit serviced apartment operation in Cebu. I sit with owners, find the messy operational problem, then build the simplest AI or automation workflow that earns its place — using tools like n8n, Make, Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini. Business first, AI second.
I need a builder. Someone who can take a brief and turn it into a working automation that doesn’t fall over the first time real client data hits it.
Let me be straight about what this is, because it will suit a specific person and waste everyone else’s time.
This is paid project-by-project, as paying clients land. No salary. No monthly retainer. No guaranteed volume in the first 90 days. I’m pre-revenue and I won’t pretend otherwise. If you have steady work or other options, this won’t stack up for you.
I’m not asking you to take a risk I’m dodging myself. I take no salary out of GenAgentik — my own costs are covered separately, which is exactly why I can build this properly without pulling money out before the business earns it. The risk is real and it’s shared. When client money comes in, your share is agreed in writing before you touch the work.
How the money works: you get a share of the project fee for each build. 40% on the early, smaller builds, settling to 30–35% as projects get larger — the early premium is yours for getting in when it’s hardest. Worked example: a Bespoke AI Implementation sold at £750, your build share at 40%, is £300. A larger £2,500 build at 35% is £875. Exact scope and figure agreed in writing per job, before anything starts. No build begins until the client has paid their deposit — you’re paid when that clears, balance on sign-off. You’re never left chasing me for money that hasn’t come in.
You never pay to work on my jobs. All software, hosting and LLM API costs are covered by GenAgentik from day one.
What you get beyond the fee: named credit on the work, a written reference, anonymised builds you can put in a portfolio (where client confidentiality allows), real client exposure, and direct commercial mentorship from someone who’s spent 25 years learning how owners buy, stall and decide. The first goal is paid work and a real portfolio. If we prove repeatable client demand, the next step could be named delivery responsibility, sector ownership, or a deeper role — and when we land three retainer clients I incorporate and this becomes a salaried position. None of that is promised upfront. The route is real and it’s earned, not dangled.
Who this suits: someone who’s been building genuinely good automations — at home, on Discord, on X, for themselves — and can’t get past the CV wall into paid work. You can do the thing. Nobody’s given you the shot. This is the shot.
A clever demo is not enough. I need someone who finishes — who tests the failure points, handles the edge cases, documents the build, and hands over work a real business can rely on when the founder isn’t in the room. If you can make something impressive but can’t make it survive contact with a messy client, this isn’t the one.
You also don’t need to be polished in front of clients today — I handle the room and coach you into it over time — but you do need to be willing to learn how owners think and eventually explain your work in plain English. I own the client brief and the commercial promise; you’ll never be asked to rescue something I oversold without scoping it with you first.
The work: enquiry handling, document classification, CRM updates, lead research, reporting flows, internal AI assistants — connecting the tools a small business already half-uses into something that actually runs.
What you should be able to show me:
Baseline — fluent, current knowledge of Claude and ChatGPT: not just using them, but configuring them properly and keeping pace as they update (Projects, custom GPTs, prompt design, structured outputs).
Core — n8n or Make for orchestration, APIs and webhooks, a lightweight database like Airtable or Sheets.
A real advantage — familiarity with agentic frameworks like LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude Agent SDK. It tells me you understand where this is heading, not just where it is today.
Location: you must be in Greater London, Kent or nearby. Most work is remote, but occasional in-person matters — mentorship sessions and the odd client visit around Bexley, Bromley, Maidstone. If you’re up in Manchester, Birmingham or further north, this isn’t the one.
This is genuinely freelance: you’re a self-employed contractor, you’re under no obligation to accept every project, scope is agreed job by job, and you run your own hours. A contractor agreement and NDA apply.
How to apply — no CVs:
Send me two or three things you’ve actually built. Screenshots, a short Loom, a GitHub link, an n8n canvas — whatever shows the work. Tell me what problem each one solved and the trickiest part you had to figure out. Tell me where you’re based and that you can get to South London occasionally. And tell me, in a few honest lines, what you’re looking for and why this fits where you are right now.
Shortlisted builders get a small paid test task — a realistic SME problem, not free spec work — and a relaxed video call where you walk me through what you’ve made.
Email your work to recruitment@genagentik.com with the subject line: AI Builder — GenAgentik
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