About this role
Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements: We are looking for an experienced technical lead or senior backend engineer with genuine experience delivering AI functionality into production.Experience with C#/.NET and Microsoft Azure would be valuable in our established product environment.We also welcome strong backend engineers working with Python, Java, Go, or Node.js who understand distributed systems and production AI architecture.We need someone who can work effectively across technologies.You should combine hands-on engineering depth with the ability to lead others, make architectural decisions, and communicate technical trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders.Experience with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, RAG, agentic workflows, Semantic Kernel or Microsoft Agent Framework, vector databases, evaluation frameworks, and responsible AI controls would be particularly useful. Responsibilities: Provide hands-on technical leadership across a multidisciplinary AI engineering team.Shape the architecture and technical direction for AI across our product suite.Lead the delivery of LLM, RAG, and agentic AI solutions.Take ideas from discovery and proof of concept through to production.Establish standards for evaluation, security, observability, governance, and cost control.Work directly with product and operational stakeholders to turn high-level problems into deliverable solutions.Mentor engineers, review designs and code, and remain actively involved in development.Assess where AI adds genuine value and challenge its use where a conventional solution would be better. Technologies: Agentic AIAIAzureBackendC#SupportJavaLLMPythonRAGSecurityASP.NETNodeJSCloudPLC More:
We are an established software business at the beginning of a major AI transformation, with the backing of a large international technology group and the freedom and visibility of a close-knit R&D team. This is a mostly remote role, with occasional visits to our Bristol office, offering salary up to £80,000 plus bonus. We offer the opportunity to build and lead a new AI engineering capability, with genuine influence over architecture, recruitment, and the AI roadmap. Our benefits include Perkbox, a Cycle-to-Work scheme, 24/7 employee support, and a sabbatical option after two years. This is a hands-on leadership role with real product ownership and the chance to build AI that reaches real customers.
last updated 38 week of 2026