Senior Software Engineer - AI Team

Senior Software Engineer - AI Team

Location:

Warwick, Full Time

Company:
Bright

Join Bright
, a leader in accounting, payroll, tax, and practice management software, to lead AI‑powered features in a small, high‑impact team.

• Architect and implement scalable, production‑ready AI‑powered applications from front‑end to back‑end.
• Design and build performant, secure back‑end services that integrate with Bright’s AI platform.
• Create user‑friendly front‑end interfaces for AI features using modern JavaScript frameworks or C# and Blazor.
• Lead technical decision‑making within your squad, balancing innovation with pragmatic delivery.
• Drive best practices in code quality, testing, security, and observability.
• Collaborate closely with the AI platform team to design and deliver compelling AI‑first features.
• Integrate AI capabilities seamlessly into existing Bright products.
• Build responsive, intuitive UI components that make complex AI functionality accessible to end users.
• Optimize AI service performance, cost, and reliability in production environments.
• Write clean, maintainable, well‑tested code with comprehensive documentation.
• Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and deployment.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and contribute to the enhancement of development practices across the engineering community.
• Foster a collaborative environment by working closely within cross‑functional teams to ensure high‑quality software delivery.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy.
• Help shape team culture and engineering standards.

• Full‑stack software engineering experience building production applications for the web.
• Proven production experience building software powered by LLMs/GenAI/ML models that serve real users.
• Strong full‑stack capability with expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, etc.) or Blazor for front‑end development; C# .NET for back‑end services.
• RESTful API design and implementation.
• HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design principles.
• Cloud platform experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Production systems mindset including observability, testing, security, and reliability.
• Agile delivery experience in fast‑paced, iterative environments.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills working effectively with technical and product stakeholders.
• Architectural thinking – ability to design scalable systems and make strategic technical decisions.

• Experience with multi‑agent AI architectures where multiple specialized models collaborate to solve complex problems.
• Hands‑on experience with vector databases and RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation) systems.
• Python proficiency for AI/ML development and data processing.
• Experience with prompt engineering and LLM optimization.
• Knowledge of MLOps practices and AI observability tools (e.g., Langfuse, LiteLLM).
• Understanding of cost optimization for AI systems in production.
• Experience in B2B SaaS or domain‑specific software (accounting, payroll, professional services).
• Track record of mentoring junior engineers and driving technical standards.

• Learning Mindset:
  Excited to learn new frameworks, tools and practices, particularly about AI.
• Systems Thinking:
  Understand how distributed systems work and can reason about failure modes, performance bottlenecks, and architectural trade‑offs.
• Pragmatic Approach:
  Balance perfect solutions with shipping value quickly; know when to optimize and when “good enough” enables faster learning.
• Commercial Awareness:
  Think about cost implications, customer value, and margin creation in technical decisions.
• Collaboration:
  
  Work well with both technical and product stakeholders, communicating concepts clearly to non‑technical audiences.
• Ownership:
  Take responsibility from conception through production, following through on commitments and driving results.
• Hunter Mentality:
  Identify opportunities, bring energy, optimism, and a can‑do attitude to challenges.
• Technical Excellence:
  Care deeply about code quality, testing, and building maintainable and reliable systems.

• Competitive salary
• Performance‑based bonus
• 25 days annual leave
• Health insurance
• Company pension
• Company events
• Free food onsite
• On‑site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Wellness programmes