AI Software Engineer

Lead design and delivery of AI-enabled Spring Portfolio features across Broadcom's open-source ecosystem.

Location: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

About The Role

The Tanzu Division at Broadcom focuses on modern application development, management, and data intelligence, helping enterprises build and run cloud-native apps faster and more securely. Our recent efforts focus on GenAI integration through tools like Tanzu Platform 10, Tanzu Data Intelligence, Bitnami, and Spring AI. This division is a key part of Broadcom's strategy, streamlining its cloud-native portfolio to deliver application delivery and AI innovation. We are seeking a highly experienced Software Engineer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership, drive architectural decisions, and significantly contribute to the development of our next-generation products. This role requires deep expertise in software design, a proven track record of solving complex technical challenges, and the ability to mentor and guide engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the design, implementation, and testing of core features for the open source Spring Portfolio related to AI capabilities.
• Engage with the open-source community by triaging GitHub issues, reviewing contributions, and fostering a welcoming environment for contributors at all levels.
• Mentor and coach senior and staff-level engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Collaborate with community, product management, design, and other engineering teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
• Coordinate with external service providers including AI vendors like Anthropic, OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Google GenAI, Azure OpenAI as well as vector store vendors.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, tools, and processes.
• Participate in high-level architectural reviews and technology evaluations.
• Evangelize Spring and related products via various marketing activities that can include writing blog posts, public speaking, or other opportunities.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or related field and a minimum of 12+ years of experience OR Master's Degree with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and solid understanding of Spring fundamentals, including dependency injection, application context, and Spring's programming model.
• Hands-on experience building production applications with the Spring Portfolio.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail and a methodical approach to complex challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects.
• Understanding of agentic patterns such as tool use, tool calling, multi-step reasoning, and orchestration frameworks.
• Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs), including prompt engineering, context management, and integration patterns.
• Understanding of vector databases and similarity search concepts.
• Experience with application observability (Micrometer, OpenTelemetry).
• Experience designing extensible APIs and abstraction layers.
• Experience or familiarity with Langchain4J, Embable, or related JDK based frameworks.
• Experience with AI coding assistants.
• Hands-on experience with Git and CI automation via GitHub Actions.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.