AI Engineer (Back End)

£560 per day (Inside IR35) | 12-Month Contract | Remote with Occasional London Travel

We are seeking an experienced AI Engineer (Back End) to support a major government transformation programme, developing the AI-powered services, APIs, and platforms that underpin next-generation public sector digital solutions.

This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies, designing and building scalable backend components that enable intelligent, secure, and resilient user experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain AI-enabled backend services and applications
• Build scalable APIs, microservices, and integration layers to support AI-powered digital products
• Develop and optimise services that leverage LLMs, generative AI, and machine learning capabilities
• Integrate AI platforms and services into enterprise-grade architectures
• Collaborate with front-end, product, data, and cloud engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Ensure solutions meet government requirements for security, resilience, performance, and scalability
• Contribute to architecture, code quality, testing, and DevOps best practices

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Back End Engineer/Developer delivering modern cloud-native applications
• Experience developing and deploying AI-enabled services or applications
• Strong programming skills in technologies such as Python, Java, C#, Node.js, or Go
• Experience building RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures
• Knowledge of integrating LLMs, AI platforms, and machine learning services into production environments
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Experience working within UK Government or Public Sector environments (essential)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain BPSS clearance

Desirable Experience

• Experience supporting or developing backend services for mobile applications
• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and DevSecOps practices
• Familiarity with vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and AI agent frameworks

Contract Details

• Role: AI Engineer (Back End)
• Rate: £560 per day
• IR35: Inside IR35
• Duration: 12 months
• Location: Remote, with occasional travel to London
• Clearance: BPSS Eligible
• Start: ASAP

If you’re an experienced Back End Engineer with strong AI delivery experience and a background working on government programmes, we’d like to hear from you. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to innovative AI solutions at national scale.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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