Senior AI Developer

Salary: £38,000 - 42,000 per year

Requirements:

• Extensive full-stack development experience across one or more of React/Node.js, .NET/C#, or Python/FastAPI.
• Proven record of delivering production software on client-facing projects, ideally within consultancy or professional services.
• Hands-on experience integrating LLMs and building AI-powered features in real-world applications.
• Experience with prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures or agentic AI development at scale.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude and Cursor.
• Strong experience with Azure cloud services and CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, set standards, mentor others and define effective ways of working.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to build client confidence and explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Confidence to work autonomously and turn ambiguity into repeatable, scalable delivery.
• Azure AI Engineer certification or equivalent practical experience would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of MCP, vector databases and evaluation or testing approaches for AI systems would be an advantage.
• Experience mentoring or leading small development teams would be an advantage.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development and deployment of AI-integrated solutions for client engagements using modern full-stack technologies.
• Integrate Azure AI services, including Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services, Azure Machine Learning and AI Search, into production applications.
• Architect and build LLM-powered features, agentic workflows and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations to a production standard.
• Work directly with clients to understand requirements, shape solutions and translate them into working software.
• Provide technical leadership across engagements, setting a high bar for code quality, engineering rigour and AI-assisted delivery.
• Contribute to technical research, prototyping and proof-of-concept development that supports client proposals and new business opportunities.
• Define and prove a mature, repeatable delivery pattern for AI solutions that can be scaled across the Delivery team.
• Create reusable tools, accelerators and components that improve the speed and quality of AI delivery.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies, frameworks and development approaches, bringing the strongest ideas into practice.
• Champion AI-assisted development practices, including vibe coding, AI testing and agentic development.
• Mentor and upskill other developers, building wider AI delivery capability.
• Help shape product and delivery strategy by identifying opportunities to package and position AI solutions.

Technologies:

• Agentic AI
• AI
• Architect
• Azure
• C#
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Copilot
• Cursor
• DevOps
• FastAPI
• GitHub
• LLM
• Machine Learning
• MCP
• Python
• RAG
• React
• ASP.NET
• NodeJS
• Support

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We are a leading managed IT services provider and technology consultancy delivering transformative solutions across cloud computing, cybersecurity, data management and Power Platform development. We are guided by our values of building relationships, customer success, and passion and dedication, with the goal of becoming the UKs most trusted technology partner. This is a permanent, full-time hybrid role based in Reading, with 2–3 days per week in the office. For the first 6–12 months, you will sit within our AI and Data Innovation team to help establish a mature, repeatable approach to AI-powered delivery before transitioning into our Delivery team to scale these ways of working across client engagements. We offer competitive salary and company pension, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, your birthday off, the option to buy more leave, two paid volunteering days, a health cash plan, EAP and life assurance, cycle-to-work, electric vehicle, home and technology schemes, retail discounts, free on-site gyms, long-service recognition, regular social events, Pizza Fridays and a relaxed dress code. We also provide industry-leading training and development through our Academy.

last updated 32 week of 2026