AI Software Engineer

MHR; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company is seeking an AI Software Engineer to enhance their Intelligence Services. This role involves crafting high-quality software in a collaborative Agile environment, leveraging advanced Python and Azure technologies. Ideal candidates will have a strong software engineering background and a passion for innovation. The position offers competitive benefits and a chance to contribute significantly to impactful projects.

Benefits

Access to over 60 internal training courses

24/7 access to a GP for you and your family

Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days

Enhanced Family leave

Monthly employee recognition program

Referral bonus scheme

On-site subsidised restaurants offering fresh meals daily

Qualifications

• Strong background in software engineering with a passion for problem solving.
• Experience in testing and deployment of data science models to production.

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality software with AGILE teams.
• Research and create proof of concepts as required.
• Support software maintenance and troubleshoot issues.
• Advise on technical solutions following business needs.
• Document decisions and project progress.
• Estimate and lead project deliveries.
• Review code from other developers.
• Coordinate with QA for automated testing processes.

Skills

Advanced Python experience (e.g. Poetry, FastAPI, LlamaIndex)

Experience with Azure AI Studio

MS Azure Cloud Platform experience

Vector Database knowledge (e.g. Qdrant, ChromaDB)

Experience with Databricks

Familiarity with LLMs

Experience in Prompt Engineering for LLMs

Software engineering background

Job description

At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive.

By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time.

With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR’s track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication—all of which we pass on to our customers.

MHR is more than just a place to work; it’s a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allow you to focus on what’s most important to you- work that matters.

With us, you’ll grow, find your flow, and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact.

Your career

Elevate your career by joining MHR, the pioneering SaaS company leading the charge in the UK. We are hiring for a talented AI Software Engineer to join the team in Ruddington. In this role you will provide high quality development and maintenance of Intelligence Services (i.e. API services providing data science models and advanced LLM functionality) for consumption by People First and MHR internally.

Your team

Our software teams are passionate about pushing boundaries and delivering excellence. You’ll work in a Scrum Team: product managers, UX designers, and developers and testers in a culture that encourages collaboration, creativity, and continuous improvement. Together, we create software solutions that build a brighter future in tech.

Your Impact

• Working as part of an Agile delivery team you’ll develop high quality software, meeting business requirements and satisfying quality, performance and security requirements.
• Undertake research and create proof of concepts as required, and attend conferences and events, documenting afterwards to extend the team knowledge.
• Support software maintenance and diagnosing and resolution of problems.
• Advise on technical solutions as per the business requirements and Architecture guardrails.
• Document decisions and progress in line with corporate and team project management.
• Provide estimates and commitments to the delivery of work, leading projects where necessary
• Review code delivered by other developers.
• Co-ordinate with the assigned QA supporting the creation of automated test processes.
• Any other tasks typically associated with the Software Development Lifecycle.
  
  

What You’ll Bring To The Role And MHR

• Advanced Python experience e.g. Poetry, FastAPI, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, Pydantic, Dependency Injector, Jupyter Notebooks, Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, SciPy, Plotly
• Experience with Azure AI Studio
• MS Azure Cloud Platform,e.g. Logic Apps, Function Apps, Azure Storage, Azure Container Apps, ARM/BICEP templates.
• Vector Database, e.g. Qdrant, ChromaDB
• Databricks
• LLMs
• Prompt Engineering for LLMs
• Experience of testing and deployment of data science models to production.
• Learning and application ofnew technologies.
  
  

You don't need experience with all the above. If you have a good background in software engineering and a passion for solving problems, we want to talk to you!

Benefits To Support You Personally And Professionally

Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:

• Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs
• 24/7 access to a GP through Help at Hand for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
• Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays
• Enhanced Family leave
• My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers
• Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
• Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
• Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
• On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
• Opt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage
  
  

We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment.

At MHR, we’re completely committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported.

Whatever your background, abilities and experiences, if you’re excited by this role we want to hear from you. If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and we’ll make sure your needs are met when you arrive.