I’m working on an exciting contract opportunity for a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to join a growing team delivering cutting-edge AI solutions across defence and national security.
This is a hands‑on, technically demanding role for someone who enjoys taking products from 0 to 1, solving complex infrastructure challenges and getting software deployed into highly secure, restricted and air‑gapped environments.
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading technical engagements with senior defence, engineering and security stakeholders.
- Owning deployments end to end, from requirements gathering through to integration, testing, accreditation and handover.
- Adapting cloud-native applications to Kubernetes, OpenShift, on‑premise, private cloud and air‑gapped environments.
- Working across GCP, Terraform, Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
- Remaining hands‑on with full‑stack development, APIs, infrastructure and production troubleshooting.
- Taking ownership of technical documentation, testing strategies and security assurance.
- A Principal Engineer or former technical founder with strong 0-to-1 product experience.
- Extensive hands‑on experience with GCP and infrastructure/DevOps.
- Strong full‑stack engineering skills across TypeScript, Node.js, React and PostgreSQL.
- Experience deploying and integrating complex software across varied infrastructure environments.
- A strong understanding of security engineering, testing and technical assurance.
- Active DV clearance is essential.
Experience delivering into MOD, defence or other highly restricted environments would be a huge plus. Production AI/LLM experience is also desirable. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who wants genuine technical ownership and the chance to tackle some of the most challenging problems in sovereign AI.
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