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# AI Integration Engineer

- **Company:** iO Associates
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £156,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Integration Architecture, C++ (Programming Language), Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Systems Integration, Large Language Models, Backend, SC Clearance, Api Design, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** July 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-F05C77CB084614DC0D/

## About the Role

* Active UK SC Clearance (Mandatory - applications without this cannot be considered)
 * Core Engineering: Strong Back End development skills (Python, Go, or C++) with solid API design and data pipeline experience
 * AI Tooling: Hands-on experience integrating LLMs, handling vector databases, and building robust chunking/embedding strategies
 * Secure Architecture: Deploying LLM pipelines, RAG systems, and orchestration layers within secure, classification-bound environments
 * Local Implementations: Self-hosting, optimising, and containerising open-source models (eg, Llama, Mistral) on private, air-gapped infrastructure



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