Latest Defence Jobs

Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Sets technical direction for complex AI/ML projects in the public services business unit, leading delivery of large-scale platforms in high-risk environments and defining roadmaps across multiple workstreams. Involves designing scalable ML systems, driving shared libraries and CI/CD infrastructure, integrating models via APIs, and coaching engineers. Requires mastery of cloud-native tooling like Kubernetes and frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch, with possible UK Security Clearance and occasional on-site client work.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Software Engineer

Delivers bespoke production-grade machine learning systems for government and national security clients, covering the full ML lifecycle from scoping and architecture to deployment. Works with Python, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch, plus cloud platforms and Docker/Kubernetes, acting as a technical advisor to stakeholders.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Software Engineer - Hosted Model Infrastructure

Owns end-to-end services for deploying and serving ML models across air-gapped, edge, and data-sovereignty-constrained environments. Works full stack from inference engines and GPU scheduling to deployment pipelines, observability, and integration with Palantir's platform, using Java, Rust, Python, Go, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Palantir Technologies Washington, United States US$145,000 – US$200,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Software Engineer - Hosted Model Infrastructure

Owns end-to-end services for deploying and serving ML models across air-gapped government networks, edge nodes and data-sovereign enterprises. Works full stack from inference engines and GPU scheduling to deployment pipelines, observability and platform integration, using Java, Rust, Python and Go with Docker and Kubernetes.

Palantir Technologies Palo Alto, United States US$145,000 – US$200,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Full Stack Software Engineer

Build and scale AI-powered systems for government and public sector clients, owning the full stack from Python/FastAPI backends to TypeScript and React or Vue frontends. Work in cross-functional teams with data scientists and product managers, deploying to AWS, Azure or GCP with Docker and building data pipelines and cloud infrastructure. May require UK Security Clearance and occasional on-site work with government clients.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Senior Data Scientist

Lead high-impact AI projects for retail and consumer clients, defining data science approaches, designing software architectures, and mentoring colleagues. Own the technical side of client relationships, scope projects, and embed responsible AI practices while building production-grade systems in Python.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent

Lead Data Scientist

Lead technical direction on complex, business-critical AI projects for life sciences clients, balancing speed, innovation and reliability. Designs production-grade ML solutions, runs feasibility studies for high-value sales, and mentors data scientists while managing technical stakeholder relationships across engineering and commercial teams.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent

Senior Research Scientist - AI Safety

Lead original technical research in AI safety, steering projects from initial question to peer-reviewed publication. Work spans interpretability, steering vectors, goal drift, machine unlearning and uncertainty calibration for transformer LLMs and agentic systems, with outputs informing frontier labs and government institutes. Involves building reproducible research code in PyTorch and Python and collaborating with red-teaming and evaluation teams.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent

Lead Machine Learning Engineer

Sets technical direction for complex AI/ML projects, leading delivery of large-scale platforms in high-risk national security environments. Designs scalable ML systems, drives shared libraries and CI/CD infrastructure, and oversees model deployment, versioning and testing. Also manages and coaches engineers while defending architectural decisions to senior stakeholders.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Principal Data Scientist

Technical leadership role owning delivery of complex machine learning and Generative AI projects for financial services clients, while setting technical direction for the data science team. Involves mentoring, contributing to bids and scoping, and publishing thought leadership, with a focus on deep individual contribution and scalable Python codebases.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent

Lead Software Engineer

Lead the technical direction and delivery of complex AI projects for enterprise clients in financial and professional services, acting as primary technical authority from discovery to production. Balance hands-on full-stack work in Python and TypeScript/React with mentoring a squad of engineers and shaping reusable architecture. Distinct for its client-facing, highly regulated context and emphasis on safe, responsible AI deployment.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent

Principal Research Scientist - AI Safety

Lead a small, high-agency research team setting the scientific agenda for AI safety, focused on large language models and safety-critical systems. Conduct and oversee red-teaming and evaluations in high-risk domains like CBRN and cybersecurity, publish at top conferences, and mentor researchers while aligning work with commercial goals.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent

Customer Director - Life Sciences

Owns and grows major Life Sciences accounts, acting as a strategic partner to pharma, academic and MedTech clients. Leads a cross-functional team of delivery and engagement specialists, driving commercial negotiations, sales planning and forecasting while translating complex AI concepts into client use cases. Combines business development with mentorship and thought leadership at industry events.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent

Customer Director (Maritime)

Lead the creation and growth of a dedicated maritime defence unit, owning the full sales lifecycle from market creation to complex contract and pricing negotiations with the Royal Navy, MOD, NATO/AUKUS and maritime industry. Blend deep naval domain expertise with commercial flair, overseeing multidisciplinary teams delivering AI and data-driven solutions for mission-critical operations. Requires eligibility for DV security clearance and some on-site client work.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Serve as a high-level technical authority steering the most complex AI projects, architecting scalable large-scale systems and setting technical direction for flagship initiatives. Provide authoritative advice across business units, influence company-wide technical strategy, and act as a respected expert for internal teams and external customers in the financial services space.

Faculty London

Hybrid Permanent