Agentic AI Engineer — Java, Cloud & Data Architect (Hybrid)

John Lewis Partnership; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

London office access for collaboration

Job summary

John Lewis Partnership in London is seeking a software engineer to help transform business processes through agentic AI and modern cloud-based platforms. The role blends hands-on software development with strategic stakeholder engagement, delivering practical AI-enabled solutions across channels.

Hybrid work with a London central office is offered, with flexible hours and regular collaboration with business users.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of software engineering using Java/Kotlin in a commercial environment.
• Experience with agentic engineering and automated workflows.
• Experience building agentic systems using orchestration, prompts and context engineering.
• Understanding of state/memory management, guardrails, evaluations and API integration.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake) and cloud infra (GCP).
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with business users to identify and improve processes.
• Use communication skills to influence key decision makers.
• Collaborate across teams to understand problems and friction points.
• Explore options addressing business issues with agentic tech and architecture.
• Develop short-term prototypes delivering immediate business value.
• Inform architecture and product roadmaps with business insights.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

Agentic Engineering

Agentic systems design

Agentic protocols MCP/A2A/UCP

Snowflake

GCP

Data-to-insights

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Snowflake

GCP

Job description

John Lewis Partnership in London is seeking a software engineer to help transform business processes through agentic AI and modern cloud-based platforms. The role blends hands-on software development with strategic stakeholder engagement, delivering practical AI-enabled solutions across channels.

Hybrid work with a London central office is offered, with flexible hours and regular collaboration with business users.