Software Engineer (AI Development)

Location

Belfast – Hybrid (2 days per week in office)

The Opportunity

We’re working with an impressive company in Belfast that can confidently call itself a standout ‘employer of choice’. They’re making a significant investment in AI-enabled software engineering and building a new AI capability that will add value across the business.

They’re looking for Software Engineers who have been immersed in ‘Agentic Engineering’; using AI coding tools as a fundamental tenet of your day-to-day.

The Software Engineer won’t just write code. You'll explore how AI can improve the entire SDLC, whilst driving AI Adoption internally + ensuring quality output!

Ultimately you will think about what tools to use, help teams adopt best practices and see if other teams can benefit too!

Looking at AI-coding zero to 1. Think research, planning, building, implementing, coaching and working cross-functionally!

What You'll Be Doing

• 1) Software Engineering
• 2) Problem solving, experimentation and collaboration.

You'll

• Build and deliver AI-enabled software solutions from concept through to production
• Use AI-assisted development tools to improve software engineering and delivery
• Explore and implement

agentic AI workflows

and techniques for reliable automation

• Help engineering and product teams adopt AI-enabled development practices
• Develop reusable engineering approaches, examples and best practices
• Ensure solutions align with architectural patterns, coding standards and performance requirements
• Work across engineering, architecture, security, QA and platform teams
• Help teams understand both the capabilities and limitations of AI within software development

Essential Criteria

• Bachelor's degree in

Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline , or equivalent commercial experience

• 3+ years' commercial experience

in Software Engineering (full-stack)

• Hands-on experience with

AI-driven engineering tools

, such as

-Kiro / Amazon Q Developer

-GitHub Copilot

-Claude Code

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-Compound Engineering or similar approaches/tools

• Experience with

agentic AI workflows

and steering techniques for reliable automation

• Strong

OOP

skills using Java, Python or C#

• Experience with

CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

• Knowledge of

AWS, Azure or GCP

• Strong understanding of software engineering standards, architecture and performance
• Must be permanently based in

Northern Ireland

with the relevant Right to Work

Desirable Experience

• RAG architectures, embeddings and context management
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Software security best practices and compliance
• Automated testing frameworks and QA processes

AWS certification or equivalent cloud certification