SC Cleared AI Engineer

Computer Futures; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Computer Futures is seeking an SC Cleared AI Engineer for a contract role in London. The position is remote with occasional travel to client sites, working within a product squad to design, build and deliver GenAI and Agentic AI products.

This hands-on role requires shaping AI workflows, optimizing performance and collaborating with stakeholders. You will apply LangGraph, RAG pipelines and Azure OpenAI to deploy secure, scalable solutions and ensure robust testing, monitoring and guardrails.

Qualifications

• Active SC clearance suitable for an MOD project.
• Strong production-grade Python software engineering.
• Hands-on GenAI, LLM and Agentic AI development.
• Strong LangGraph and RAG experience.
• Prompt engineering and structured LLM outputs.
• LLM/RAG evaluation, testing and hallucination mitigation.
• API and backend service integration.
• Automated testing, error handling and observability.
• Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search and Azure AI Foundry.
• Experience with Cosmos DB, Redis, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Managed Identity and Key Vault.

Responsibilities

• Build GenAI and Agentic AI applications using Python and LangGraph.
• Develop multi-step workflows involving state, routing, tool use and human review.
• Design end-to-end RAG pipelines covering ingestion, chunking, embeddings, indexing and retrieval.
• Build and integrate APIs and backend services.
• Evaluate LLM quality, grounding and hallucinations, implementing appropriate guardrails.
• Handle failures, retries and workflow recovery.
• Implement monitoring, logging and tracing across AI applications.
• Deploy secure and scalable AI solutions on Azure.

Skills

Python software engineering

GenAI development

LLM and Agentic AI

LangGraph

RAG workflows

API/backend integration

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Search

Azure Monitor

Cosmos DB

Redis

Tools

LangGraph

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Search

Azure AI Foundry

Cosmos DB

Redis

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

Managed Identity

Key Vault

Job description

SC Cleared AI Engineer - Contract - London

Opportunity for an SC Cleared AI Engineer to join our client's team on a remote basis with occasional travel to client site. You'll work within a product squad to design, build and deliver cutting-edge GenAI and Agentic AI product. This is a hands-on role where you will shape AI workflows, optimise performance and collaborate closely with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Build GenAI and Agentic AI applications using Python and LangGraph.
• Develop multi-step workflows involving state, routing, tool use and human review.
• Design end-to-end RAG pipelines covering ingestion, chunking, embeddings, indexing and retrieval.
• Build and integrate APIs and backend services.
• Evaluate LLM quality, grounding and hallucinations, implementing appropriate guardrails.
• Handle failures, retries and workflow recovery.
• Implement monitoring, logging and tracing across AI applications.
• Deploy secure and scalable AI solutions on Azure.

Essential Experience

• Active SC clearance suitable for an MOD project.
• Strong production-grade Python software engineering.
• Hands-on GenAI, LLM and Agentic AI development.
• Strong LangGraph and RAG experience.
• Prompt engineering and structured LLM outputs.
• LLM/RAG evaluation, testing and hallucination mitigation.
• API and backend service integration.
• Automated testing, error handling and observability.
• Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search and Azure AI Foundry.
• Experience with Cosmos DB, Redis, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Managed Identity and Key Vault.

If you have this blend of deep AI engineering and secure delivery experience, we'd be keen to introduce you to our client.