Senior Automation and AI Engineer

Pax8 UK Limited; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Stock options

Cycle to work

Private healthcare

Dental plan

Life insurance

Pension with employer contribution

Learning budget / LinkedIn Learning

Wellbeing coaching

Team socials

Job summary

Pax8 UK Limited is hiring a Senior Automation and AI Engineer to lead hands-on automation work across the UK and Europe in a hybrid/remote setup. You’ll set technical patterns, mentor the team and ensure scalable, secure AI-driven solutions for our global business.

The role blends engineering delivery with architecture and assurance, with significant ownership and visibility to drive a lasting technical legacy within Pax8.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience building production automation and AI solutions.
• Ability to lead as a technical owner across projects.
• Experience with automation platforms and agent-building tools.
• Strong English communication and stakeholder collaboration.
• Comfort working in a growing, hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and build automation/AI solutions addressing business challenges.
• Define patterns, architecture principles and quality standards.
• Create automated cybersecurity and feasibility checks.
• Review AI solutions before production deployment.
• Mentor colleagues and improve capability across the team.
• Collaborate with technology functions and business leaders.

Skills

Automation engineering

Technical leadership

AI/Automation delivery

Secure architecture

Education

Relevant degree or certification

Tools

n8n

Claude

Power Platform

Power Automate

Power Apps

Copilot Studio

Dataverse

Fabric

Microsoft Lists

Microsoft Foundry

Job description

Senior Automation and AI Engineer (m/f/d) Bristol/Farnborough UK | Zwolle Netherlands | Riga Latvia | Stockholm Sweden | Frankfurt Germany Hybrid and Remote options

Pax8 is hiring a Senior Automation and AI Engineer across the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Latvia, Germany and Sweden to raise the technical maturity, security and scalability of the automation and artificial intelligence solutions powering our global business.

Build what great looks like: This is an opportunity to become the technical quality leader behind the Rapid Innovation Team's growing portfolio of automation and artificial intelligence solutions. You’ll combine hands‑on engineering with architecture, technical assurance and mentoring, helping us move from manual reviews to automated, continuously monitored controls. As Pax8 invests further in artificial intelligence, you’ll grow alongside emerging technology, shape new engineering methods and influence how secure, scalable solutions are delivered across the business. This is a senior individual contributor role with significant ownership, visibility and room to create a lasting technical legacy.

Bring your ideas to a growing global team: At Pax8, technology is personal. We combine the energy and flexibility of a growing business with the reach of an international cloud marketplace. You’ll join a collaborative environment where curiosity, candid communication, shared learning and ownership matter. Discover more about the Pax8 Marketplace and explore our culture, values and people.

What you’ll shape and deliver:

• Design and build automation and artificial intelligence solutions that solve real business and partner challenges.
• Establish the technical patterns, architecture principles and quality standards that enable teams to build securely and consistently.
• Create automated cybersecurity, policy and technical-feasibility checks, replacing repetitive manual reviews with scalable assurance.
• Review artificial intelligence solutions and provide practical guidance before they move into production.
• Build monitoring approaches that make the health, quality and security of delivered solutions visible over time.
• Act as a trusted technical escalation point, helping engineers navigate complex automation, artificial intelligence and architecture decisions.
• Remain hands‑on with delivery while mentoring colleagues and improving capability across the wider team.
• Collaborate with various technology functions, builders, and business leaders across Pax8.
• Support advisory and enablement activity by translating complex technology into clear decisions and useful outcomes.
• Keep pace with emerging technologies and evolving cybersecurity expectations, applying what matters rather than following trends for their own sake.
• Contribute to team learning through documentation, reusable models, coaching and practical knowledge-sharing.
• Take part in occasional team gatherings, including a quarterly team offsite.

You could be a great fit if you bring:

• Substantial hands‑on experience developing and architecting production technology solutions for an internal or external user base.
• Proven experience contributing to product or engineering teams and taking technical ownership beyond your individual assignments.
• The ability to operate as a technical lead while remaining comfortable building and delivering solutions yourself.
• Demonstrated knowledge of automation platforms and agent‑building technologies - experience with tools such as n8n, Claude, Microsoft Power Platform, Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, Fabric, Microsoft Lists, or Microsoft Foundry would be valuable.
• Confidence designing applications, automated workflows, artificial intelligence solutions, reports or operational dashboards.
• A practical understanding of secure engineering, technical assurance and architecture principles.
• The ability to distinguish efficient, maintainable engineering from solutions that introduce avoidable complexity.
• Experience working with stakeholders to uncover needs, ask the right questions and take solutions from initial scope through delivery.
• Clear English communication, including the ability to explain complex technical decisions to different audiences.
• A structured approach to competing priorities, detail and changing requirements.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and helping shape methods that are still evolving.
• Hands‑on artificial intelligence or automation delivery experience.
• Experience in a growing or start‑up‑style environment would also be useful.
• A relevant degree, equivalent practical experience or applicable technical certification.

Salary and benefits:

United Kingdom:

• United Kingdom: Salary range is up to £60,000 depending on experience
• Bonus: Annual performance bonus
• Long term Incentive Plan (Stock Options)
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Private healthcare covered by Bupa
• Dental Plan covered by Bupa
• Life Assurance Income Protection
• Royal London Workplace pension scheme - 5% employer contribution
• Pax8 Cycle to Work Support Scheme Available
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Netherlands:

• Netherlands: Bonus: Annual performance bonus
• Long term incentive plan (Stock options)
• Time Off: 26 days annual leave + 8% holiday allowance
• Reimbursement for travel expenses
• Hybrid Work: Flexibility to work from home and our Zwolle office
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Latvia:

• Latvia: Bonus: Annual performance bonus
• Long term investment plan (Stock options)
• Private Health Insurance
• Gym Subscription
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Germany:

• Germany: Bonus: Annual performance bonus
• Long term Incentive Plan (Stock Options)
• 30 days of paid leave
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Sweden:

• Sweden: Bonus: Annual performance bonus
• Long term Incentive Plan (Stock Options)
• Medical Treatment Insurance
• Life and Accident Insurance
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Competitive Pension Coverage
• 5000SEK Annual health and wellbeing allowance
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Work where collaboration comes naturally:

At Pax8, our offices are built with our people in mind and they reflect how we work best. They are all open, welcoming spaces that fuel collaboration, encourage creativity, and make it easy to connect, contribute, and have a little fun along the way. This position is open across multiple Pax8 locations in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Latvia, Germany and Sweden. The role follows a hybrid working pattern, with the specific office and attendance expectations confirmed for your country during the recruitment process.

Pre‑employment checks:

As part of our hiring process, we are required to undertake pre‑employment checks on all candidates that are successful in their application with Pax8. As part of these checks Pax8 will request ID verification, reference requests and qualification checks (additional checks may be completed for certain countries, such as criminal and financial). All checks are completed by our third‑party provider, First Advantage. Once checks have been completed all candidates will receive a copy for their records.

Equal opportunities:

Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for. Offered individuals will be asked to undertake identity, security compliance and reference checks. Your privacy is important to us. Your data will be held in accordance with local best practices and processed only in accordance with our recruiting processes. Equal opportunities statement: Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for.

Privacy notice: https://www.pax8.com/en-us/terms/job-applicant-privacy-notice/

Pax8 is the global AI and cloud Marketplace for small and medium‑sized businesses (SMBs). Pax8 connects service providers and technology companies on a unified platform to discover, buy, sell, deploy and manage technology solutions for SMBs. More than 47,000 IT partners and 800,000 SMBs rely on Pax8 for expertise, automation and real‑time insights to stay productive, protected and prepared for the AI economy. Learn more at pax8.com.

Our purpose is to help every small business turn their dreams into reality through the power of technology. Culture is important to us, and at Pax8, its business, and it IS personal. We embody Compassionate Candour by aiming to assist others with candid, actionable feedback. We seek to Understand by being open, curious, and committed to learning. We believe in We Before Me, actively collaborating and seeking out diverse perspectives to ensure a win for Team Pax8. Our team takes pride in Do What You Say, taking ownership, honoring commitments, prioritizing, and delivering on promises. We encourage everyone to Light Up Learning by being brave and trying new ideas, embracing vulnerability, and sharing failures so everyone can learn. Finally, we are Driven by Passion, connecting personal passion to Pax8’s mission, and remaining resilient in the face of adversity and uncertainty in pursuit of our goals. At Pax8, we are passionate, creative, and humorously offbeat. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best!

To fulfil this role, you must hold valid right to work in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Latvia, Germany or Sweden, depending on the country in which you apply.