Hire an offshore RAG Engineer
Builds the foundation that feeds accurate AI — unstructured data pipelines, vector indexing, context packing and citation verification — so your AI answers from real knowledge, not hallucination.
What an offshore RAG Engineer does
Day-to-day responsibilities
- Build and maintain RAG pipelines
- Ingest and clean unstructured data
- Design vector indexing and chunking
- Optimise context packing and retrieval
- Verify citations and accuracy
- Run evals and monitoring
Specialisms we place
The RAG Engineer function covers several sub-roles — tell us which you need:
Tools & skills
Your hire works on your stack. Common tools for this role:
Why hire a RAG Engineer offshore
RAG quality makes or breaks enterprise AI. A dedicated offshore RAG engineer keeps your AI grounded, accurate and citable — at a cost that lets you invest in getting it right.
Whichever hub fits the role — Sri Lanka or the Philippines — TalentDock is the legal employer. We handle contracts, payroll, equipment, IT and HR, and cover the data-protection footing (DPA and the UK IDTA for restricted transfers). Because your hire is employed overseas and works wholly outside the UK, there’s no employer NIC, no auto-enrolment pension, and no IR35 status determination for you to make.
General information, not legal or tax advice — confirm your position with a qualified UK adviser.
A dedicated RAG Engineer for up to 70% less
Compared with the true cost of a UK hire — salary, NICs, pension, equipment and recruitment fees — one all-in monthly fee, one invoice.
Common questions
Why does RAG matter so much?
It’s what stops hallucination — grounding answers in your real data with verifiable citations. Poor retrieval means unreliable AI.
Can they work with our data?
Yes — under a DPA and the UK IDTA, with access scoped appropriately to your knowledge sources.
Do they build the whole AI product?
They own the data-and-retrieval foundation; they often pair with an agentic architect or delivery engineer for the full product.
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Ready to add a RAG Engineer to your team?
Tell us what you need — we’ll send a vetted shortlist.
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