AI Engineer - SC Cleared
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Salary
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£54,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2134 (90% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,700, and Ellis Recruitment Group is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
AI Engineer – 6-Month Contract - SC Cleared
Location: Mainly remote, some travel to client sites
Contract: Six months
Rate: Depending on experience (Inside IR35)
Start date: ASAP
Please note: Applicants must currently hold valid and active SC clearance.
We’re looking for an experienced AI Engineer to join an innovative project on an initial six-month contract.
You’ll design and develop production-ready AI solutions, combining Python-based AI engineering with existing .NET applications. The role will focus on building agentic workflows and retrieval-augmented generation systems using LangGraph, Azure and modern software engineering practices.
Key responsibilities:
- Design and build scalable AI applications and services
- Develop agentic workflows using LangGraph
- Implement and optimise RAG architectures
- Integrate AI capabilities with existing .NET systems
- Build clean, reliable and maintainable Python services
- Deploy and operate solutions within Azure
- Collaborate with engineering, data and product teams
- Apply robust testing, security and monitoring practices
Essential experience:
- Strong commercial AI engineering experience
- Advanced Python software development skills
- Hands-on experience with LangGraph
- Proven experience designing and delivering RAG solutions
- Strong knowledge of Azure services and cloud architecture
- Experience developing or integrating with .NET applications
- A solid understanding of production software engineering principles
Desirable experience:
- Large language models and prompt engineering
- Vector databases, embeddings and semantic search
- Azure AI Search or Azure OpenAI Service
- API and microservices development
- CI/CD, containerisation and infrastructure as code
- Evaluation and observability for production AI systems
This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of meaningful AI engineering work and help move sophisticated AI use cases from concept into production.
To apply, please send your CV and details of your availability and expected day rate.
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2134 going rate of £54,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.