AI Integration Engineer

AI Integration Engineer (Defence & National Security)

Location: London (Hybrid)

Contract Rate: £600/day (Outside IR35)

Requirement: Active UK SC Clearance (Mandatory)

We are hiring on behalf of our client, a specialised defence consultancy, who is looking for an AI Integration Engineer with active SC clearance to join them on a contract basis in London.

Key Skills Required
  • Active UK SC Clearance (Mandatory - applications without this cannot be considered)

  • Core Engineering: Strong Back End development skills (Python, Go, or C++) with solid API design and data pipeline experience

  • AI Tooling: Hands-on experience integrating LLMs, handling vector databases, and building robust chunking/embedding strategies

  • Secure Architecture: Deploying LLM pipelines, RAG systems, and orchestration layers within secure, classification-bound environments

  • Local Implementations: Self-hosting, optimising, and containerising open-source models (eg, Llama, Mistral) on private, air-gapped infrastructure

Job Details

Company
IO Associates
Location
London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / Remote Options
Employment Type
Contract
Salary
GBP 600 Daily
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