Forward Deployed Engineer - DV

SR2 REC LTD; Greater London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SR2 REC LTD in London is seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to lead the delivery of AI capability into secure environments. The role combines hands-on coding with system integration across on-prem, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and cloud runtimes.

You will own products from blank page to customer, work on GPU-model serving, threat modelling, and accreditation, and collaborate with senior stakeholders while writing the docs and test plans.

Qualifications

• Active DV clearance
• Delivery into defence
• Principal-level coding experience
• London-based or able to get on site

Responsibilities

• Taking new products from a blank page to live, owning them end-to-end
• Getting a cloud-native product running on-prem, OpenShift, Kubernetes, VMs or bare metal
• Delivering AI and LLM capability with GPU workloads and models served on-prem
• Shipping into secure and air-gapped networks through controlled release processes
• Leading the security side: threat modelling, building evidence and getting systems accredited
• Writing docs and test plans, acting as the go-to technical person for senior stakeholders

Skills

DV clearance

Defence delivery

Principal level

On-site London

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

Fastify

Next.js

React

Prisma

PostgreSQL

GCP

Job description

Principal Forward Deployed Engineer | Active DV | London | £800 p/d Outside IR35

I'm looking for a senior, hands-on engineer with real defence delivery experience to build AI capability from scratch and see it all the way through to the customer.

What you'll be doing

• Taking new products from a blank page to live, and owning them the whole way
• Getting a cloud-native product running wherever the customer needs it: on-prem, OpenShift, Kubernetes, VMs or bare metal
• Delivering AI and LLM capability, including GPU workloads and models served on-prem
• Shipping into secure and air-gapped networks through controlled release processes
• Leading the security side: threat modelling, building the evidence and getting systems accredited
• Writing the docs and test plans, and being the go-to technical person for senior stakeholders

Tech you'll use

TypeScript, Node.js, Fastify, Next.js and React, with Prisma and PostgreSQL, on GCP (Cloud Run, Cloud Tasks), plus solid security and IAM experience.

You’ll need

• Active DV clearance
• A track record of delivering into defence
• Principal-level experience while still writing code
• To be London-based or able to get on site

Bonus points for

Accreditation, OpenShift or GPU model serving.