SC Cleared AI Engineer

The Role An experienced AI Engineer is required for an Outside IR35 contract. This is a hands-on role building greenfield AI systems for enterprise clients. The successful candidate will design and deploy practical applications using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, and agentic workflows.

This is not a research position. The engineer must be able to write production-ready code, integrate with existing platforms, and turn business requirements into working software quickly.

Key Responsibilities

• Building agentic AI workflows and LLM-driven applications.
• Designing RAG systems, vector retrieval pipelines, and knowledge bases.
• Developing document intelligence and data extraction tools.
• Creating backend services and integrating AI into existing business processes via APIs.
• Delivering both client-facing enterprise projects and internal product features.

Required Skills & Experience

• Active SC Clearance.
• 8+ years of Python engineering.
• 5+ years of Node.js / TypeScript engineering.
• 4+ years of applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
• Proven experience shipping reliable backend systems and APIs.
• Deep understanding of LLMs, RAG, agentic frameworks, and vector databases.
• Strong grasp of retrieval techniques, chunking, embeddings, and system evaluation.
• Ability to translate vague client needs into technical solutions.
• Focus on practical delivery over experimentation.

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