AI Software Engineer

SThree is excited to announce an opportunity for a talented AI Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. You’ll be based in one of our fantastic office spaces in Glasgow or London, working in a collaborative environment where your expertise will make a real impact. Our team works as part of a high-impact internal organisation with a start-up-like environment.

As an AI Software Engineer specialising in Azure Services, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining AI solutions within our enterprise organisation. Leveraging the Azure platform, including PaaS services, Azure Open AI, Azure Vision and other Azure AI services, you will develop scalable, efficient, and effective AI models and systems to address business challenges, enhance decision-making, and drive innovation.

Key expectations of this role:

• Design and develop AI models and solutions using Azure OpenAI, Azure PaaS services, and Azure Cognitive Services to address specific business challenges.
• Implement and maintain scalable and efficient AI systems, ensuring they meet business requirements and performance benchmarks.
• Work in a small, energetic, high-impact group that delivers value fast and iterates continuously.
• Collaborate with business analysts, data scientists, software engineers, and IT teams to integrate AI solutions into existing systems and workflows, enhancing their capabilities and impact.
• Stay abreast of advancements in AI, machine learning, and Azure services, incorporating new technologies and methodologies to continually improve solution offerings.
• Provide expertise and guidance on AI best practices, contributing to the organization's AI strategy and innovation efforts.
• Conduct data analysis and feature engineering to prepare data for use in AI models, utilizing Azure Data Lake and other data storage solutions.
• Develop robust testing and validation processes to ensure the accuracy and reliability of AI models and solutions.
• Align all operations procedures to service expectations, security requirements and other quality standards. Ensure that operational procedures and documentation are fit for purpose and kept up to date.
• Oversee the planning, installation, maintenance and acceptance of new and updated components and services.
• Define security procedures to be followed, and delegate tasks at the appropriate level.

Required skills:

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C#, or Java, with a deep understanding of software development principles and Object Oriented Programming (OOP).
• Experience with LLMs and Agentic frameworks like Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI or LangGraph, with a solid understanding of the intersection between AI and Software Engineering.
• Extensive experience with Azure AI and PaaS services, including Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Functions, and container services.
• Solid background in machine learning algorithms, data pre-processing, feature engineering, and model evaluation.
• Proficiency in handling large datasets, ideally with services like Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, and Cosmos DB, or similar.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and experience implementing MLOps practices using Azure DevOps or similar.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capability to work on complex issues and drive innovative solutions.
• Deep understanding of Azure Cloud services relevant to AI, such as Azure Function Apps, Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure GPU VMs, and Azure networking and security services tailored for AI applications.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with experience working in agile development environments.

Qualifications:

• University degree in computer science or software engineering and/or 5+ years equivalent work experience within a cloud environment.
• Software Engineering, Data Science or AI Engineering experience, with hands-on development and implementation of production-grade enterprise cloud solutions.

Working arrangements: Remote/office hybrid: Expected to be in the office 1 to 2 days a week, with additional days depending on activity (e.g. a design workshop).

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: Staffing and Recruiting and Software Development

We’re committed to ensuring that all processes are equitable, and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity. If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application please let us know, and we’ll be happy to help.