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  • Location: London (Hybrid Working)
  • Contract: Outside IR35
  • Clearance: Active SC Clearance required
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Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Science / Data Engineering Contractor to join a high-impact programme based in London, working on advanced data-driven and LLM-enabled platforms. This is an outside IR35 contract offering hybrid working, ideal for contractors with strong experience building scalable data pipelines, analytics services, and AI-enabled systems in cloud environments.


You will play a key role in designing, developing, and operationalising data-centric solutions that underpin modern AI and LLM-based applications.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop data-driven applications and services that support analytics, ML, and LLM use cases
  • Build and orchestrate data workflows and LLM pipelines using LangChain and/or LangGraph
  • Develop scalable data processing and backend services using Python
  • Work with structured and unstructured data to enable analytics, experimentation, and AI model integration
  • Contribute to frontend or full-stack development using JavaScript / TypeScript where required
  • Deploy, scale, and maintain data and AI platforms on AWS
  • Collaborate with the wider team to deliver end-to-end data solutions
  • Ensure data solutions meet security, performance, and maintainability standards expected in secure environments


Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong commercial experience in data engineering and/or data science roles
  • Hands-on experience building data pipelines and AI-enabled workflows using LangChain and/or LangGraph
  • Excellent Python development skills for data processing and backend services
  • Solid experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Proven experience deploying data platforms and services on AWS
  • Strong understanding of data architecture, APIs, and cloud-native development
  • Active SC Clearance (must be in place and transferable)


Desirable Experience

  • Experience supporting LLM-based analytics, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or agentic data workflows
  • Exposure to MLOps, data observability, monitoring, or model lifecycle management
  • Experience with large-scale data processing, feature engineering, or analytics platforms
  • Previous experience working in government, defence, or highly regulated environments


Working Arrangements

  • Hybrid working – a mixture of the London office and remote
  • Outside IR35 contract
  • Long-term programme with extension potential


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If you’re an SC Cleared Data Engineer or Data Scientist looking for an outside IR35 contract working with modern data platforms, LLM frameworks, and AWS, please apply with your latest CV.

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