AI Software Engineer

Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong software engineering experience building and maintaining production systems
• Solid understanding of system design, scalability, and performance considerations
• Experience developing backend services and APIs in modern tech stacks
• Exposure to, or strong interest in, AI technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs), including API integrations or prompt-based workflows
• Proficiency in at least two modern programming languages
• Experience with version control, testing practices, and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong collaboration skills and experience working in cross-functional teams
• Desirable: Experience integrating AI into production systems (e.g. chat interfaces, automation, intelligent search)
• Familiarity with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, or embeddings
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Awareness of emerging AI tooling (e.g. MCP, A2A, Threads or similar)
• Open-source contributions or side projects, particularly involving scalable systems or AI

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems and services
• Contribute to the development and evolution of a production-grade AI platform
• Build and integrate AI-powered features such as LLM-driven services, RAG pipelines, and agent-based workflows into core systems
• Apply modern software engineering best practices (clean code, testing, CI/CD, observability) to all solutions
• Develop internal tools and platforms to improve developer productivity and system efficiency
• Collaborate closely with product, data, and platform teams to deliver high-quality features
• Evaluate and adopt emerging tools, frameworks, and technologies where they add clear value
• Support the adoption of AI capabilities across the wider engineering ecosystem

Technologies

• AI
• API
• AWS
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• LLM
• Embedded

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We are a technology-led organisation building a genuinely AI-native capability, embedding artificial intelligence into our products, platforms, and long-term strategy. This permanent, full-time Software Engineer (AI Focus) role offers a competitive salary of £70,000 - £90,000 and features a hybrid working model with remote flexibility. We provide private healthcare, opportunities for professional development and funded learning, and the chance to work on modern, AI-enabled systems at scale. This is an excellent opportunity to shape how AI is integrated within our innovative engineering function.

last updated 19 week of 2026