https://jobs.co.uk/job/lead-ai-engineer-sc-cleared-montash--576fdd6a-3df4-443d-b68e-d71f198380f6 RSS feed for Lead AI Engineer (SC Cleared) at Montash. en-gb Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:45:49 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/lead-ai-engineer-sc-cleared-montash--576fdd6a-3df4-443d-b68e-d71f198380f6 https://jobs.co.uk/job/lead-ai-engineer-sc-cleared-montash--576fdd6a-3df4-443d-b68e-d71f198380f6 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:53:01 GMT Location: London | Salary: 10000-500000 Annual | Type: Contract | Job Title: Lead AI Engineer (SC Cleared) Location: Remote (with ad-hoc travel to client''s office in London) Contract Length: 6 months (with scope to extend) Start Date: ASAP IR35: Inside Interview Process: 1 Stage, MS Teams Clearance Required: SC (needs to have been used within the past 10 months) We are supporting a government client in hiring a Lead AI Engineer to drive AI adoption and governance across a large, security-sensitive engineering organisation. This is a senior technical influence role, pairing hands-on AI engineering practice with the ability to set standards and guardrails adopted across multiple delivery teams. The successful candidate will need demonstrable, hands-on practice with agentic AI engineering tooling, including model selection, prompt/harness engineering and agent-tool integration, alongside a genuine track record of getting engineering standards adopted across teams without formal authority. Initial emphasis will be on landscape setting, evaluation and standard design, shifting over time towards a forward deployed model working directly within delivery teams. This role suits an experienced, senior AI/software engineer who has moved deeply into practic... Contract