Senior Software Engineer x2 – Engineering Excellence & AI Enablement

Virtual Hire Staffing; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension up to 11%

Income protection & life insurance

Health and wellness perks

Hybrid working

Job summary

Senior Software Engineer x2 – Engineering Excellence & AI Enablement based in Bristol. Hybrid work 2 days/week. Permanent role with up to £75k salary plus 15% bonus and benefits.

You will help advance AI capability maturity, raise coding standards, mentor peers, review code, and drive best practices across the engineering team while delivering high-quality software.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Python or JavaScript
• Secure coding practices and vulnerability management
• Mentoring and code review across teams
• Automated testing and documentation in Confluence

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, well-engineered software as a Senior Software Engineer.
• Influence technical direction at squad level and across teams.
• Mentor peers, review code, and share knowledge to raise standards.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

Secure coding

System architecture

Automated testing

Documentation

AI tooling

Communication

Job description

Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer x2 – Engineering Excellence & AI Enablement

Bristol (Hybrid, 2 days/week) - Permanent - Up to £75k + 15% bonus + Bens

A rare opportunity to join the technical excellence function at a major UK investment platform (2M+ clients, £120bn+ AUM, based in Bristol) — helping advance the organisation's AI capability maturity and raise coding standards across the wider engineering team. You'll be recognised as a technical expert among your peers, driving best practice through mentoring, code review and cross-team knowledge-sharing, while writing high-quality, well-engineered software yourself. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will influence technical direction at squad level and play an active role in team-wide and cross-team initiatives, contributing to the ongoing evolution of engineering excellence across the business.

Tech skills:

• Expert-level in one or more languages, ideally Python or JavaScript
• Strong grounding in secure coding practices and vulnerability management
• Comfortable acting as a low-level design authority on system architecture
• Automated testing — developing and evidencing tests alongside code
• Documentation discipline (Confluence or equivalent)
• Genuine interest in agentic AI tooling and automation in the SDLC
• Strong communication — able to influence technical direction beyond your own squad

Benefits: discretionary bonus up to 15%, pension up to 11% employer contribution, private medical insurance, income protection & life insurance, 25+ days holiday plus bank holidays, enhanced parental leave, health cash plan, wellness perks, hybrid working. UK right to work required