Senior AI Enabled Software/DevOps Engineer

Guidant Global; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidant Global seeks a senior software engineer with DevOps focus to design, build and operate AI‑enabled software and platform solutions in production.

You will develop API‑driven services, contribute to cloud‑native architectures, and integrate software systems with AI platforms while ensuring quality, safety and reliability. This hands‑on role collaborates with engineers, platform teams and AI specialists.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, or similar hands‑on role.
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including system design, code quality, testing, and maintainability.
• Solid experience building API‑first or service‑based systems.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and Python
• Experience deploying and operating production systems using containerisation and automation tooling
• Comfort working across development, deployment, and operational concerns
• Confidence taking ownership of technical work and systems in live environments

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate AI‑enabled software and platform solutions
• Develop and maintain API‑driven services and integrations that allow systems to work effectively with AI capabilities
• Contribute to the evolution of existing applications towards modern, service‑based and cloud‑native architectures
• Implement and operate integration mechanisms between software systems and AI platforms
• Apply AI tools to support engineering productivity, while retaining full accountability for quality, safety, and correctness
• Review, validate, and guide AI‑generated code or output to ensure it meets engineering and operational standards
• Build, deploy, and operate services using TypeScript and Python, supported by modern DevOps practices
• Package and operate workloads using Kubernetes tooling (e.g. Helm) and infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g. Terraform)
• Work closely with engineers, platform teams, and AI specialists to deliver integrated solutions

Skills

System design

Code quality

Testing

Maintainability

API-first

Service-based architectures

TypeScript

Python

Containerisation

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

DevOps practices

Tools

TypeScript

Python

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD tooling

Job description

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build, and operate AI‑enabled software and platform solutions
• Develop and maintain API‑driven services and integrations that allow systems to work effectively with AI capabilities
• Contribute to the evolution of existing applications towards modern, service‑based and cloud‑native architectures
• Implement and operate integration mechanisms between software systems and AI platforms, including emerging patterns where appropriate
• Apply AI tools to support engineering productivity, while retaining full accountability for quality, safety, and correctness
• Review, validate, and guide AI‑generated code or output to ensure it meets engineering and operational standards
• Build, deploy, and operate services using TypeScript and Python, supported by modern DevOps practices
• Package and operate workloads using Kubernetes tooling (e.g. Helm) and infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g. Terraform)
• Work closely with engineers, platform teams, and AI specialists to deliver integrated solutions

Your Experience

• Strong experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, or similar hands‑on role
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including system design, code quality, testing, and maintainability
• Solid experience building API‑first or service‑based systems
• Proficiency in TypeScript and Python
• Experience deploying and operating production systems using containerisation and automation tooling
• Comfort working across development, deployment, and operational concerns
• Confidence taking ownership of technical work and systems in live environments

In Return

You'll work on real, production‑grade systems where AI is being integrated responsibly and pragmatically.

This is an opportunity to deepen your senior engineering practice, stay hands‑on, and help ensure AI‑enabled systems are reliable, secure, and effective in real‑world use.

As an organisation and as a team, Guidant Global are committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace, where every employee and contractor feels valued and empowered throughout their time with us.

We actively seek to recruit talent from all backgrounds, drawing on a rich blend of experiences, perspectives, and creativity. We believe inclusive teams deliver better outcomes for everyone.