AI Engineer - Generative AI & Agentic AI - Defence - SC Cleared

Synergize Consulting is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to support our client within the defence sector, developing secure, production-ready Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions.

This opportunity would suit a hands-on engineer who combines strong Python development skills with practical experience building LLM-powered applications. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to turn complex requirements into reliable AI services, taking solutions beyond prototypes and into operational use.

The role

• Design and develop Generative AI applications using Python and large language models.

• Build agent workflows incorporating tool calling, routing, state management and human oversight.

• Develop retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, including document ingestion, chunking, embeddings and vector search.

• Integrate AI capabilities with APIs, Back End services and enterprise data sources.

• Develop evaluation frameworks, automated tests and guardrails to improve accuracy and reduce hallucinations.

• Build and deploy solutions using Microsoft Azure AI services.

• Address security, monitoring, resilience and performance throughout development.

What we are looking for

• Strong commercial Python software engineering experience.

• Proven experience delivering Generative AI or LLM applications into production.

• Practical experience developing agentic workflows, ideally using LangGraph or comparable frameworks.

• Strong understanding of RAG, embeddings, vector databases and semantic or hybrid search.

• Experience evaluating LLM outputs and implementing grounding, testing and safety controls.

• Hands-on experience with Azure AI technologies, ideally Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search and Azure AI Foundry.

• Experience building APIs, automated tests and maintainable Back End services.

• Ability to collaborate with technical specialists and explain engineering decisions clearly.

Additional experience of interest

• Azure Cosmos DB, Redis, Key Vault and managed identities.

• Application monitoring and observability.

• CI/CD, containerisation and automated deployment.

• Delivery within defence, government or other secure environments.

Security requirements

Applicants must hold current SC clearance.

To apply, please send your latest CV, availability and rate expectations, quoting reference JS/CE/AI/221.