At a Glance
- Tasks: Build AI-native software solutions that tackle real-world business challenges.
- Company: Join a billion-dollar tech company leading in AI innovation.
- Benefits: Flexible work environment, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Shape the future of enterprise software while making a global impact.
- Qualifications: Hands-on experience in AI application development and strong software engineering skills required.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
At IFS, we're building the next generation of AI-native enterprise software, transforming how some of the world's largest organisations manage assets, operations and critical services. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of modern AI engineering, building intelligent products that combine Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic AI and cloud-native technologies to solve complex, real-world business challenges at enterprise scale.
We're looking for engineers who are passionate about building production AI systems and excited by the opportunity to shape the future of enterprise software. Please note that this role requires demonstrable, hands-on experience designing, building and shipping production AI applications. Candidates whose AI experience is limited to using tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or GitHub Copilot to assist software development, without demonstrable experience building AI-powered products or systems, will not meet the requirements for this role.
IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.
At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust. We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities.
We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference. If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join IFS.
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to embed directly with customers on IFS PSO, our enterprise scheduling and optimization platform (.NET 10/C# backend, Angular frontend) used to solve complex resource planning and scheduling problems at scale. This is a hands-on technical role that combines software engineering, applied optimization and direct customer engagement.
You will sit at the intersection of our optimization engine and our customers: modeling real-world planning problems, and shipping working solutions fast, embedded with customer teams under tight deadlines. This role suits an engineer who wants to solve hard optimization problems in the field, work directly with customers, and feed what they learn back into the core product.
We're AI-first: you'll be expected to make full use of AI-assisted and agentic workflows day to day, and we're looking for someone genuinely enthusiastic about using them to model problems and ship solutions faster. Feed field learnings back to core product and engineering teams to improve the platform.
- Strong software engineering background, ideally C#/.NET;
- Hands-on experience with optimization techniques, constraint programming, mathematical/linear programming, or algorithm development.
- Bias toward shipping, with a willingness to develop and iterate quickly under ambiguity.
Preferred / Bonus Experience:
- Experience with Angular/TypeScript or other modern frontend frameworks.
- Experience with large-scale data modelling.
- Deployment: On-site and embedded customer environments, cloud-hosted platform.
- Practices: Git, automated testing, DevOps.
Customer scheduling and planning problems modeled accurately and solved within performance targets. Working solutions shipped to customers, on tight timelines. Optimizer performance and quality issues diagnosed and resolved efficiently. Field learnings translated into concrete product and engineering improvements.
We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.
Tech / AI Specialist Tech / AI Specialist in Surrey employer: IFS
IFS is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic work culture where innovation thrives. With a focus on employee growth, we offer extensive opportunities for professional development and a competitive salary package, including flexible paid time off and comprehensive health insurance. Join us in a collaborative environment where your contributions directly impact enterprise customers and the future of AI solutions.
