AI Engineer

Overview

As an AI Engineer in a London defence AI start-up, you will help build and scale autonomous AI systems for national security missions. You’ll bridge experimentation and production, delivering production‑quality Python software and AI-powered applications. You’ll collaborate in a small, high‑calibre team to tackle complex technical challenges with real-world impact. This role offers ownership of cutting‑edge AI, LLM integrations, agents, and autonomy tech in a fast-paced, mission‑driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy AI-powered applications and autonomous systems
• Take ideas from prototyping to production-ready software
• Integrate AI/LLM capabilities and AI agents
• Collaborate with cross-functional teammates to solve complex problems
• Own the delivery of scalable, production-grade AI systems
• Contribute to technically challenging, high-impact projects

Key requirements

• 3+ years of professional AI/ML experience
• Strong Python programming and software engineering fundamentals
• Experience building production-quality software
• Experience with AI/ML applications, LLM integrations, or automation systems
• Ability to move AI systems from experimentation to production
• Strong problem solving and collaborative mindset
• Interest in AI, autonomy, defence, or mission-critical tech

• strong problem-solving
• collaborative
• fast-paced adaptability
• Python
• production-quality software
• AI/ML systems

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