AI-Driven Cloud-Native Software Engineer

Moorepay; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Moorepay is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute to a cross-functional squad building secure, scalable software with AI-driven capabilities and agent development. You will work with Senior Engineers, the Team Leader, and the Architect to implement modern engineering practices and integrate AI models.

You will help evolve cloud-native services, support AI capabilities, and strengthen engineering excellence as we scale in an AI-first strategy.

Qualifications

• Experience as a software engineer in modern cloud-native environments.
• Strong development skills across listed languages/frameworks (C#, Node.js, React.js, Vue.js, PHP, .NET).
• Understanding of AI First development and deployment processes.
• Experience building REST APIs, microservices, or modern frontend applications.
• Good grasp of secure coding, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Work collaboratively in an Agile squad focused on quality and delivery.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn emerging AI and agent technologies.
• Hands-on experience with vector databases, embeddings, or prompt engineering.
• Understanding of AI fundamentals and experience using LLM APIs or AI-enhanced features and agents.
• Experience with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or serverless platforms.
• Familiarity with observability tooling and debugging complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain high-quality software components and services across backend, frontend, or full-stack environments.
• Utilise AI Accelerated development tools across the SSDLC to accelerate delivery and product quality.
• Write clean, maintainable, secure code following engineering standards and SSDLC best practices.
• Participate actively in backlog refinement, sprint planning, story estimation, and team ceremonies.
• Champion AI Enablement initiatives by embedding AI thinking into product design and delivery, enabling teams to leverage AI and emerging technologies to enhance functionality, automation, and user experience.
• Use vector databases, embeddings, and retrieval pipelines with support from senior engineers.
• Contribute to building robust tests and evaluation checks for AI behaviours and outputs.
• Follow architectural guidance to ensure AI features remain safe, secure, and reliable.
• Create automated tests, including unit, integration, and functional tests.
• Apply secure-by-design principles in all coding activities, participating in threat modelling where appropriate.
• Contribute to code reviews and continuously improve code quality within the squad.
• Maintain documentation for services, features, and reusable components.
• Deploy and maintain services using CI/CD pipelines.
• Instrument code for observability, logging, and performance insights.
• Participate in incident resolution and root-cause analysis for issues within the squad’s domain.
• Follow best practices for cloud development, working across AWS or Azure environments.
• Work closely with Senior Engineers and the Engineering Team Leader to confirm technical designs and implementation details.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to understand requirements and propose feasible approaches.
• Communicate progress, blockers, and technical details clearly within the squad.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and share learnings with peers.

Skills

C#

Node.js

React.js

Vue.js

PHP

ASP.NET

Tools

Vector databases

Embeddings

LLM APIs

AWS

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Moorepay is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute to a cross-functional squad building secure, scalable software with AI-driven capabilities and agent development. You will work with Senior Engineers, the Team Leader, and the Architect to implement modern engineering practices and integrate AI models.

You will help evolve cloud-native services, support AI capabilities, and strengthen engineering excellence as we scale in an AI-first strategy.