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GAMMA

A bit about us
 At Gamma we provide voice, data, and mobile solutions to businesses across the UK, Germany, Spain, and the Benelux region.
 Our people are at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team that’s transforming how businesses connect and communicate globally.
 We’re growing fast, but we never lose sight of what matters: our people. Whether you're looking to develop your skills, take on new challenges, or make a meaningful impact, Gamma is the place to do it.
 What is the role responsible for?
 As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining Gamma’s Group Products suite, including proprietary OSS/BSS and UCaaS & CCaaS solutions. This role exists to lead technically complex development work across the platform, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, and high performing, while supporting and mentoring engineers and driving best practice across the team.
 What will you be doing day-to-day?
 
Here are a few examples of what you could be involved with: 
<ul>
<li>Leading technically complex development across the platform, building new features and maintaining existing systems using TypeScript, Node.js, and React</li>
<li>Collaborating with product, architects, and engineering teams to scope, plan, and estimate solutions that are scalable and future-proof</li>
<li>Designing and developing secure, high-performance APIs and integrating third-party tools and services</li>
<li>Producing and reviewing detailed Solution Design documentation, ensuring consideration of security, performance, and system-wide impact</li>
<li>Driving high standards through code reviews, mentoring engineers, and contributing to CI/CD and testing best practices</li>
<li>Applying site reliability engineering principles to improve observability, resilience, and incident response</li>
<li>Monitoring, profiling, and optimising application performance, including capacity planning to meet SLAs</li>
<li>Identifying technical debt and recommending improvements to systems, processes, and tooling</li>
</ul>
What you’ll bring
 You don’t need experience in everything listed, but we’re especially keen to hear from people with some of the following skills:
 <ul>
<li>Strong experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and modern frontend frameworks such as React or Angular</li>
<li>Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and API design principles</li>
<li>Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks (e.g. Jest, Playwright), and version control</li>
<li>Proven experience running large-scale production systems in AWS and working with Kubernetes/containerisation</li>
<li>Strong debugging, performance optimisation, and problem-solving skills across distributed systems</li>
<li>Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership within teams</li>
<li>Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and site reliability engineering practices</li>
<li>Experience with Java and/or telecoms technologies (e.g. VoIP, WebRTC) is highly beneficial</li>
</ul>
What do we offer you?
 <ul>
<li>25 days annual leave + birthday</li>
<li>Subsidised private medical insurance</li>
<li>5.1% matched pension contributions</li>
<li>Enhanced parental leave</li>
<li>Life assurance and Income protection</li>
<li>Share save and incentive plans</li>
<li>Electric Vehicle and Cycle scheme</li>
<li>Employee discounts</li>
<li>Volunteer day</li>
</ul>
A few things to note
 We require all candidates to be eligible to work in the UK and pass a basic DBS check.
 If you don’t meet every requirement but feel you could thrive in this role, we would still encourage you to apply.
 Gamma is an equal-opportunity employer committed to building diverse, inclusive teams where everyone feels valued and can be their authentic selves. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, especially those underrepresented in our industry. As a family-friendly employer, we foster a culture of trust, autonomy, and flexibility to support your work-life balance and help you thrive at Gamma.
 For recruitment agencies – we have a network of fantastic partners that support us in our hiring from time to time. We’re not looking to increase that network currently, so please don’t send speculative CVs.
 #LI-JM
 #LI-Hybrid

Lead Software Engineer

Bally's Interactive

<div>Lead Ai Engineer

Location : Hybrid working 3 days a week in the Manchester Office

Who we are

Bally&rsquo;s Interactive is the digital arm of one of the world&rsquo;s leading entertainment providers, with tens of millions of players across the globe and an unmatched ecosystem of products spanning across the sports betting, iGaming, free-to-play, and daily fantasy spectrum.

Our brands and sites include market movers and shakers like Bally Bet, Vera&amp;John, Virgin Games, Jackpotjoy and many more. We make our mark by embracing the diversity of our global team, challenging ourselves, and striving to make a difference for our players. 


Well, what about the team?

As Lead AI Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI across our products. Leading a newly established AI Engineering function, you'll bridge cutting-edge research with production engineering, ensuring innovative AI capabilities become scalable, reliable features used by millions of players.

You'll lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for developing and delivering AI-powered experiences across personalisation, recommendations, intelligent search, AI agents and content discovery. Working closely with product, engineering and data teams, you'll define technical direction, establish engineering best practices and help build a high-performing team capable of delivering AI solutions at scale.

This is a hands on leadership role where you'll combine technical expertise with people leadership. You'll mentor and develop engineers, influence architecture and technical strategy, and remain close to the code, leading by example on the most complex technical challenges. 


So, what will you be doing?
<ul>
<li>Significant commercial software engineering experience, including experience leading technical teams or engineering functions.
</li><li>Strong expertise in TypeScript and Python, with a proven track record of delivering AI, machine learning or data-driven solutions into production, including recommendation engines, intelligent search, ranking systems or LLM-powered applications.
</li><li>Extensive experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS, with strong knowledge of CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability and modern engineering practices.
</li><li>Experience delivering high-performance, real-time systems that operate reliably at scale with demanding latency requirements.
</li><li>Demonstrated experience leading the successful transition of AI solutions from research or proof of concept into robust, production-ready services.
</li><li>Experience establishing technical standards, driving engineering excellence and mentoring or developing engineers within high-performing teams.</li></ul> 


And what will you need?

Experience:
<ul>
<li>Significant commercial software engineering experience, including experience leading technical teams or engineering functions.
</li><li>Strong expertise in TypeScript and Python, with a proven track record of delivering AI, machine learning or data-driven solutions into production, including recommendation engines, intelligent search, ranking systems or LLM-powered applications.
</li><li>Extensive experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS, with strong knowledge of CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability and modern engineering practices.
</li><li>Experience delivering high-performance, real-time systems that operate reliably at scale with demanding latency requirements.
</li><li>Demonstrated experience leading the successful transition of AI solutions from research or proof of concept into robust, production-ready services.
</li><li>Experience establishing technical standards, driving engineering excellence and mentoring or developing engineers within high-performing teams.</li></ul> 


Skills &amp; Behaviours:
<ul>
<li>A technical leader who enjoys building, mentoring and developing engineering teams while creating an environment where innovation can thrive.
</li><li>Able to balance experimentation with engineering discipline, making sound technical decisions that deliver long-term value.
</li><li>Confident leading technical discussions, influencing architecture and making complex decisions across multiple stakeholders.
</li><li>Passionate about building scalable, maintainable and observable AI systems using modern engineering best practices.
</li><li>Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, data and leadership teams.
</li><li>Comfortable remaining hands-on with technology while providing strategic technical leadership and direction.</li></ul> 


This is what you'll get:

(different benefits packages are tailored to fit each location, but here&rsquo;s a taste of what may be on offer)
<ul>
<li>Annual leave</li>
<li>Pension plan</li>
<li>Health insurance</li>
<li>Company share scheme</li>
<li>Volunteering days</li>
<li>Home office allowance</li>
<li>Wellness or Gym allowance</li></ul> 


DNA / Values

At Bally&rsquo;s Interactive, we are driven by a set of core values that we like to call our DNA. We strive to embody our DNA and keep them at the heart of everything we do!

We are Always Ready to embrace change, adapt, and do what it takes to delight our customers. We believe that You Make the Difference, which is what gives our players the best experience and keeps them coming back. We are All One Team, looking out for each other, respecting diversity while connecting through a common purpose. Our teams are Learning Every Day by showing constant curiosity and the drive to learn from successes, mistakes, new experiences, and the people around us. At Bally&rsquo;s we Love to Lead by thinking differently, seeking innovation, and always looking for ways to raise our game. 


Equal Opportunities

At Bally&rsquo;s Interactive, we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and working conditions.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are important to us, and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success, this is our superpower.

We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, political opinion or disability.</div>

Lead Ai Engineer (AI/ML/R&D)

<div>
 
 Who We Are
 
 
 
 Bally&rsquo;s Intralot is a newly formed company established through the combination of INTRALOT and Bally&rsquo;s International Interactive, positioning the group as a top iGaming operator and a leading global provider of lottery solutions.
 
 
 Bally&rsquo;s Intralot is uniquely positioned across digital online gaming markets, lottery, iLottery, and sports betting. Operating at the intersection of technology, regulation, and entertainment. We are optimally positioned to capitalize on strong global growth trends driven by digital adoption and regulatory expansion across lottery and iGaming markets.
 
 
 
 Well, what about the team?
 
 
 
 You'll be part of the team responsible for bringing AI innovation into the hands of millions of players. Working alongside AI researchers and experienced engineers, you'll transform proven concepts into high-quality, production-ready features that power personalised player experiences.
 
 
 From recommendation systems and intelligent search to AI agents and dynamic content discovery, you'll build and scale the technology that sits behind our products. This is a senior, hands on role with genuine ownership you'll influence how solutions are designed, built and delivered while working in a collaborative team that's passionate about solving complex engineering challenges with AI.
 
 
 
 So, what will you be doing?
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Take prototypes and validated concepts from R&amp;D and turn them into production
 </li>
 <li>
 systems: hardened, tested, observable, and maintainable.
 </li>
 <li>
 Build and operate real-time personalisation, recommendation, search and ranking
 </li>
 <li>
 systems against live traffic and within real latency budgets.
 </li>
 <li>
 Hold a high engineering bar on AWS and TypeScript: clean CI/CD, infrastructure as
 </li>
 <li>
 code, observability, and testing.
 </li>
 <li>
 Work closely with R&amp;D engineers, product managers, data analysts and Staff
 </li>
 <li>
 Engineers, bridging fast experimental work and production discipline.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 And what will you need?
 
 
 
 
 Experience
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Significant commercial software engineering experience (typically 5+ years) with strong expertise in TypeScript and working knowledge of Python.
 </li>
 <li>
 Proven experience delivering AI, machine learning or data-driven features into production, such as recommendation engines, search, ranking systems or LLM-powered applications.
 </li>
 <li>
 Hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS, with a solid understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure as code and production monitoring.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience developing and supporting high-performance, real-time systems with a focus on scalability, reliability and low latency.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience measuring and evaluating AI model performance, using data and experimentation to drive continuous improvement.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Skills &amp; Behaviours
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 A hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and delivering high-quality, production-ready solutions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong understanding of modern software engineering best practices, with a focus on clean, maintainable and well-tested code.
 </li>
 <li>
 Comfortable working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment alongside engineers, product teams and AI researchers.
 </li>
 <li>
 Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 </li>
 <li>
 Proactive, curious and continuously looking for opportunities to improve products, processes and the way AI solutions are delivered.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 This Is What You'll Get
 
 
 
 Different benefits packages are tailored to fit each location, but here&rsquo;s a taste of what may be on offer:
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Annual leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Pension plan
 </li>
 <li>
 Health insurance
 </li>
 <li>
 Company share scheme
 </li>
 <li>
 Volunteering days
 </li>
 <li>
 Home office allowance
 </li>
 <li>
 Wellness or Gym allowance
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 DNA / Values
 
 
 
 At Bally&rsquo;s Interactive, we are driven by a set of core values that we like to call our DNA. We strive to embody our DNA and keep them at the heart of everything we do!
 
 
 We are Always Ready to embrace change, adapt, and do what it takes to delight our customers. We believe that You Make the Difference, which is what gives our players the best experience and keeps them coming back. We are All One Team, looking out for each other, respecting diversity while connecting through a common purpose. Our teams are Learning Every Day by showing constant curiosity and the drive to learn from successes, mistakes, new experiences, and the people around us. At Bally&rsquo;s we Love to Lead by thinking differently, seeking innovation, and always looking for ways to raise our game.
 
 
 Equal Opportunities
 
 
 At Bally&rsquo;s Interactive, we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and working conditions.
 
 
 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are important to us, and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success, this is our superpower.
 
 
 We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, political opinion or disability.
</div>

Senior Ai Engineer (AI/ML/R&D)

The University of Manchester

<div>
 We are seeking a motivated and collaborative individual to join our team as a Senior Platform Engineer. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the management of the Cloud estate (Azure, GCP, AWS) and maturing of DevOps to enable development teams to deliver cloud services at pace, within a dynamic and inclusive environment.
 
 
 
 You will be responsible for:
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to maintain consistency and reproducibility in cloud infrastructure.
 </li>
 <li>
 Developing a reliable and scalable cloud-based infrastructure service to support continuous and secure delivery of software solutions that meet the evolving needs of key stakeholders.
 </li>
 <li>
 Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.
 </li>
 <li>
 Contributing to the identification, evaluation and adoption of tools, technique and processes to create a robust and cost-effective cloud-based platform.
 
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About You
 
 
 
 We encourage applications from individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. You should demonstrate:
 
 
 
 Essential Criteria:
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Hands-on experience with one or more major cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiarity with automating the delivery of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
 </li>
 <li>
 Comfort with code repository management tools like GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
 </li>
 <li>
 A strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their role in modern development practices.
 
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Desirable Criteria:
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Familiarity with collaboration tools like Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence).
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in building automation or integrations with platforms like ServiceNOW.
 </li>
 <li>
 A knack for engaging stakeholders and fostering collaboration across teams.
 
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 We value transferable skills and real-world experience as much as formal qualifications.
 
 
 
 Our benefits include:
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Generous employer contribution pension
 </li>
 <li>
 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays, along with Christmas closure
 </li>
 <li>
 Ride to work and EV car scheme available
 
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 For more information, please see University of Manchester Benefits. You can also find information on our Flexible and Hybrid working here.
 
 
 We are an open place of enquiry and challenge. We embrace and celebrate difference, diversity and debate, and we pride ourselves on being a place of education, learning and community where we are able, within the law, to question and test received wisdom, express new ideas and explore controversial or unpopular topics and opinions. Find out more from our Freedom of Speech Policy.
 
 
 
 Enquiries About The Role, Shortlisting And Interviews
 
 
 
 Name: Nisar Khan
 
 
 Email: nisar.khan@manchester.ac.uk
 
 
 
 General enquiries and administrative support
 
 
 
 lewis.burne@manchester.ac.uk
 
 
 
 Technical and job portal support
 
 
 
 https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home
 
 
 
 Applications close at midnight on the closing date.
 
 
 
 Further particulars (with person specification) linked below.
</div>

Senior Platform Engineer

Raytheon

<div>Date Posted:
2026-03-18
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
Manchester, Lancashire
Position Role Type:
Onsite
Raytheon UK have a full time, perm opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer to join our specialist teams in Manchester, Gloucester or London working fully onsite.
As Senior Data Engineer, you'll be part of our experienced software dev function, working in a cross-functional Agile team. The Data Engineering role will be responsible for building and maintaining data processing pipelines and also the transformation and optimisation of data for analytical use.
We have opportunities for Data Engineers at every level within a team, so your Recruiter will discuss the great opportunities for development or challenges we offer based off your professional profile.
Due to the interesting work we do and the sector this team is working in, we require all candidates to currently hold eDV clearance.
In this area of Raytheon UK we provide DevSecOps at scale, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cyber and geospatial intelligence capabilities to support the defence, intelligence and cyber sectors. Collaborating with customers and suppliers to deliver secure, mission critical systems using the latest technologies and innovations.
Responsibilities<ul><li>
Build data pipelines that clean, transform, and aggregate data from disparate sources</li><li>
Collaborate with stakeholders and other engineers</li><li>
Contribute to the completion of milestones associated with your project</li><li>
Contribute to continuous improvement within your team</li><li>
Collaborate with your peers on technical direction within your team</li></ul>
Required Experience:<ul><li>
Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets</li><li>
Python (PySpark, Pandas, PyArrow)</li><li>
Distributed data processing (Apache Spark)</li><li>
Data ETL (Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions, Apache NiFi)</li><li>
Cloud services (AWS, Azure or GCP)</li><li>
Messaging / Streaming (Kafka, AWS SQS, Other Cloud Queuing Native services)</li><li>
SQL and NoSQL</li><li>
Storage (HDFS, Iceberg, Elastic, S3, Data Lake)</li><li>
Containerisation and orchestration (Docker / Kubernetes / Openshift)</li><li>
Testing frameworks and best practices</li><li>
Use of Code repositories, familiarity with branching strategies, pull requests and merge processes</li></ul>
We appreciate you may not be an expert in every area above - we can support with training and development in some areas! Please do make an application and we will identify where we can best support your growth specific to your application.<div>
Benefits &amp; Work Culture
Benefits:<ul><li>
Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)</li><li>
6 times salary &lsquo;Life Assurance&rsquo; with pension</li><li>
25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days</li><li>
Company bonus scheme (discretionary)</li><li>
Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others</li><li>
Enhanced sick pay</li><li>
Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity &amp; shared parental leave</li></ul>
Work Culture:<ul><li>
37hr working week</li><li>
Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!</li><li>
Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.</li><li>
Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.</li></ul></div> 
About us
At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence. 
 
Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.
RTX 
Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses &ndash; Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt &amp; Whitney, and Raytheon. 
Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over &pound;2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We&rsquo;re investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.
#LI-AS3
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Senior Data Engineer

Frontier Resourcing

<div>Locations: Gloucester, London or Manchester

We&rsquo;re supporting a leading defence organisation delivering advanced technology solutions into the UK&rsquo;s defence and national security sector. Due to continued growth, they are looking for eDV (Enhanced DV) Cleared Full Stack Developers at multiple levels (up to Principal) to join their high-performing engineering teams.

This is an opportunity to work on mission critical systems that make a real world impact, within a highly secure environment.

The Role
As a Full Stack Software Developer, you&rsquo;ll be involved across the full development lifecycle, contributing to the design, development and integration of secure, scalable software solutions.

Responsibilities may include:

<ul><li>Developing high-quality, maintainable code
</li><li>Contributing to system architecture and design decisions
</li><li>Working within Agile delivery teams
</li>
</ul>What We&rsquo;re Looking For
Full stack experience within an agile team building enterprise‑grade web applications or backend services

<ul><li>Java development with Spring Boot
</li><li>Front‑end development using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Vue)
</li><li>Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
</li><li>Containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
</li><li>Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible or equivalent)
</li><li>Unit testing and test automation
</li><li>Use of code repositories (Git), including branching strategies, pull‑request workflows, and merge processes
</li><li>Experience with data visualisation tools or techniques
</li>
</ul>We appreciate you may not be an expert in every area above - we can support with training and development in some areas! Please do make an application and we will identify where we can best support your growth specific to your application.
Clearance
<ul><li>The role is working on highly secure Government programmes so active eDV Clearance is required
</li></ul>
What&rsquo;s On Offer
<ul><li>Competitive salary with annual bonuses
</li><li>Additional eDV bonus
</li><li>Excellent pension and benefits
</li><li>Work on highly impactful, secure programmes
</li><li>Strong career development and progression opportunities
</li><li>Collaborative, engineering led environment</li></ul></div>

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (eDV)

Maxwell Bond

<div>
 
 
 AI Systems Engineer
 
 
 
 
 Location:
 
 Hybrid (Manchester)
 
 
 
 Salary:
 
 &pound;60,000 - &pound;75,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The Opportunity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 This is a great opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer with hands-on experience building AI-powered products and systems.
 
 
 
 
 
 This is not a traditional Machine Learning or Data Science role. You won't be training foundation models or developing new LLM architectures. Instead, you'll be focused on designing and building the software systems that leverage modern AI technologies to solve real-world business problems.
 
 
 
 
 
 You'll work on AI-native products, intelligent workflows, retrieval systems, agentic architectures and automation platforms, helping shape the next generation of AI-powered software.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 What You'll Be Doing
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Designing and building AI-powered applications and services
 </li>
 <li>
 Developing intelligent workflows and agentic systems
 </li>
 <li>
 Integrating LLMs into production software products
 </li>
 <li>
 Building retrieval, context and memory systems
 </li>
 <li>
 Designing robust APIs and backend services
 </li>
 <li>
 Evaluating AI performance, reliability and quality
 </li>
 <li>
 Implementing monitoring, testing and fallback mechanisms for AI-driven features
 </li>
 <li>
 Working closely with engineering leadership to define best practices for AI-native development
 </li>
 <li>
 Contributing to architectural decisions across a modern cloud-based platform
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 Experience and Skills
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Essential
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Strong commercial experience as a Software Engineer, Backend Engineer or Full Stack Engineer
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience building applications that utilise Large Language Models (LLMs)
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience designing and delivering production-grade software systems
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong understanding of software architecture and system design principles
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong programming skills in TypeScript, Python or similar modern languages
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience integrating external APIs and services
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to make pragmatic technical decisions and communicate trade-offs
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 Highly Desirable
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience building AI agents or agentic workflows
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience working with vector databases and semantic search
 </li>
 <li>
 Knowledge of context management and memory architectures
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience evaluating and testing AI outputs in production environments
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience designing AI-assisted automation systems
 </li>
 <li>
 Exposure to frameworks and tooling within the modern AI ecosystem
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 Who This Will Suit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 This role would suit someone who has moved beyond simply using AI tools in their development workflow and has experience building software products that actively leverage AI capabilities. You may currently be working as:
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Senior Software Engineer
 </li>
 <li>
 Backend Engineer
 </li>
 <li>
 Full Stack Engineer
 </li>
 <li>
 AI Systems Engineer
 </li>
 <li>
 Applied AI Engineer
 </li>
 <li>
 Platform Engineer with AI experience
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 Most importantly, you'll be excited by the challenge of building reliable, scalable software systems that incorporate AI as a core part of the product experience.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Why Apply?
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Work on genuinely innovative AI-native products
 </li>
 <li>
 Influence technical direction and architecture
 </li>
 <li>
 Join a team investing heavily in modern AI technologies
 </li>
 <li>
 Solve complex engineering challenges at scale
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to help shape the future of AI-enabled software development
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 They are committed to moving quickly on this with interview slots available.
 
 
 
 
 
 Please apply today.
 
</div>

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

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