Senior Engineer

Jobtailor; Bexhill-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United Kingdom is seeking a senior software engineer to design, integrate and support AI-enabled components across multiple services, platforms and integrations. You will lead technical delivery within agile teams and mentor peers.

You will apply critical thinking to validate AI outputs, shape technical direction, and collaborate with stakeholders while ensuring security, governance and cost compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering end-to-end software solutions across front-end, services, and integration layers.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities within agile teams.
• Ability to design, integrate, and support AI-enabled components in complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Work across all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
• Provide leadership and deliver high-quality end-to-end solutions across Hastings’ systems and platforms.
• Operate within agile teams across application support and change functions.
• Shape technical direction and support others in delivering high-quality solutions.
• Join up services, data, and interfaces across complete solutions for customers and colleagues.
• Use AI to enhance software engineering practices, improve efficiency, and raise quality standards.
• Design, integrate, and support AI-enabled components in end-to-end deliveries.
• Ensure critical thinking is applied to validate AI-generated outputs.
• Provide technical leadership and make informed decisions.
• Manage stakeholder expectations.
• Design, build, modify, and support complex software systems.
• Deliver end-to-end solutions across multiple services, platforms, and integrations.
• Estimate engineering tasks, guide peers, and mentor team members.
• Debug, test, and optimise complex code for performance, quality, and reliability.
• Use AI tools for software development, testing, maintenance, and documentation.
• Create effective prompts and support responsible adoption of AI technologies.
• Contribute to AI-enabled solutions while ensuring security, privacy, governance, and cost compliance.
• Evaluate emerging tools, technologies, and ways of working to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder Management

Critical Thinking

Continuous Learning

End-to-End Software Development

Tools

CI/CD Tools

Source Control Systems

AI Tools for Development

AI Testing Tools

Documentation Tools

Job description

• Work across all aspects of the software development lifecycle


• Provide leadership, support, and deliver high-quality end-to-end solutions across Hastings’ systems and platforms


• Operate within agile teams across application support and change functions


• Shape technical direction and support others in delivering high-quality solutions


• Join up services, data, and interfaces across complete solutions for customers and colleagues


• Use AI to enhance software engineering practices, improve efficiency, and raise quality standards


• Design, integrate, and support AI-enabled components in end-to-end deliveries


• Ensure critical thinking is applied to validate AI-generated outputs


• Provide technical leadership and make informed decisions


• Manage stakeholder expectations


• Design, build, modify, and support complex software systems


• Deliver end-to-end solutions across multiple services, platforms, and integrations


• Estimate engineering tasks, guide peers, and mentor team members


• Debug, test, and optimise complex code for performance, quality, and reliability


• Use AI tools for software development, testing, maintenance, and documentation


• Create effective prompts and support responsible adoption of AI technologies


• Contribute to AI-enabled solutions while ensuring security, privacy, governance, and cost compliance


• Evaluate emerging tools, technologies, and ways of working to drive continuous improvement

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience supporting and developing enterprise-level customer- and employee-facing applications


• Experience delivering end-to-end solutions across front-end, services, and integration layers


• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including object-oriented design, design patterns, problem solving, peer reviews, unit testing, and test-driven development


• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages, with ability to learn and apply new technologies


• Strong understanding of APIs and integration patterns, including RESTful services, token-based authentication such as JWT, JSON, and XML


• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, source control, and automated testing frameworks


• Experience designing, integrating, or supporting AI-enabled solutions, including testing, assurance, and governance requirements


• Practical experience using AI-assisted engineering tools for code, testing, and documentation


• Experience creating prompts and critically reviewing AI-generated outputs


• Passion for continuous learning and emerging technologies


• Must be located within a 90-minute commuting distance of the Bexhill or Leicester office


• Visa sponsorship is not available


• Subject to credit and criminal record checks as part of the referencing process

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in delivering end-to-end software solutions, with a strong focus on AI-enabled components, integration patterns, and agile methodologies. Capable of providing technical leadership, mentoring team members, and ensuring high-quality standards in software development.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AI-Enabled Solutions Design


• End-to-End Software Development


• APIs and Integration Patterns


• CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps Practices


• Object-Oriented Design and Testing

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Software Engineering Fundamentals


• Object-Oriented Design


• Unit Testing


• Test-Driven Development


• RESTful Services


• Token-Based Authentication


• JSON


• XML


• AI-Assisted Engineering Tools


• Automated Testing Frameworks

Soft Skills

• Critical Thinking


• Leadership


• Mentoring


• Stakeholder Management


• Continuous Learning

Industry Keywords

• Enterprise-Level Applications


• Agile Methodologies


• Software Development Lifecycle


• Governance and Compliance


• Emerging Technologies

Tools & Technologies

• CI/CD Tools


• Source Control Systems


• AI Tools for Development


• AI Testing Tools


• Documentation Tools