Applied AI Engineer (C#/.NET) – Ship Production AI

Kerridge Commercial Systems; Barnsley; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Office/Remote flexibility

Job summary

Klipboard in the United Kingdom (Barnsley) is seeking an AI-focused software engineer to deliver AI features in established C# .NET codebases. You will design prompts, integrate LLMs, and ship production-grade capabilities with robust evaluation.

You will collaborate with product managers and engineers, focusing on fast prototyping and rigorous quality. A hybrid work policy applies with some in-office and remote days.

Qualifications

• Solid production experience with C# .NET in established codebases.
• Hands-on with building with large language models and prompt design.
• Experience shipping quickly from idea to working software.
• Experience testing/evaluating LLM outputs in a structured way.
• Fluent with AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor.
• Experience with retrieval-augmented generation and embeddings in production.
• Experience with multiple LLM providers and understanding trade-offs.
• Exposure to distributive trades or related sectors is a plus.
• Experience modernising or extending long-lived systems in .NET or elsewhere.
• Familiar with evaluation frameworks and automated QA for AI outputs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver AI features end to end from requirement to shipped product.
• Build AI features quickly and properly with prompts and context design.
• Ensure production-grade quality with error handling, latency management, and monitoring.
• Design and build prompts, context strategies, and LLM integrations.
• Work primarily in C# .NET with clean service boundaries.
• Prototype in days, harden in weeks, and avoid critical corners.
• Build evaluation alongside features and measure quality with data.
• Handle errors, fallbacks, latency, and token costs.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and SMEs to understand business problems.
• Leave documentation improved and contribute to engineering standards.

Skills

C# .NET

AI prompt design

LLM integration

prompt engineering

structured outputs

testing LLM outputs

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

vector search

embeddings

LLM APIs

RAG

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

ASP.NET

ERP

Job description

Klipboard in the United Kingdom (Barnsley) is seeking an AI-focused software engineer to deliver AI features in established C# .NET codebases. You will design prompts, integrate LLMs, and ship production-grade capabilities with robust evaluation.

You will collaborate with product managers and engineers, focusing on fast prototyping and rigorous quality. A hybrid work policy applies with some in-office and remote days.