Software engineer, python (Generative AI)

writer.com; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company seeks a skilled software engineer with expertise in Python to join their innovative team. This role focuses on developing cutting-edge generative AI solutions and involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience. Competitive compensation, generous benefits, and opportunities for growth are provided.

Benefits

Generous PTO, plus company holidays

Comprehensive medical and dental insurance

Paid parental leave for all parents (12 weeks)

Fertility and family planning support

Early-detection cancer testing

Competitive pension scheme and company contribution

Annual work-life stipends for home office and wellness

Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites

Competitive compensation and company stock options

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering at expert level with Python.
• Experience building generative AI applications in production environments.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and containerized environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable generative AI services using Python.
• Implement responsive frontend interfaces using React and TypeScript.
• Collaborate with AI researchers to implement models in production.

Skills

Python

Generative AI

Microservices architecture

RESTful APIs

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

AWS

GCP

Job description

About this role

We are seeking a talented software engineer who deeply proficient with python to join our dynamic and growing team at Writer. As a key member of our engineering team, you will play a crucial role in building the genAI software. Your primary focus will be on developing a state-of-the-art platform that harnesses generative AI technologies and you will deliver seamless and scalable solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain features that enhance the user experience, drive product growth, establish best practices, and integrate cutting-edge AI capabilities.

????️ Your responsibilities

• Design and develop robust and scalable generative AI services using Python and open source frameworks such as Writer Agent Builder, LangChain, and n8n.

• Implement responsive and user-friendly frontend interfaces, leveraging technologies like React, TypeScript, and modern web frameworks.

• Work with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure to deploy and scale applications.

• Develop and integrate high-performance, low-latency APIs for AI-driven features.

• Collaborate with AI researchers to implement generative models in production.

• Ensure code quality through testing, peer reviews, and continuous integration.

• Participate in architectural design discussions and promote engineering best practices.

• Continuously improve the application’s performance, scalability, and maintainability.

️ Is This You?

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering at expert level with Python.

• Experience building with generative AI applications in production environments.

• Expertise with microservices architecture and RESTful APIs.

• Solid understanding of database technologies such as PostgreSQL and vector databases as Elastic, Pinecone, Weaviate, or similar.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, etc.) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).

• You are committed to writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code, following best practices in software development.

• You enjoy solving complex problems and continuously improving the performance and scalability of systems.

• You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with cross-functional teams to build impactful features.

• Proven ability to help teams adopt technical best practices.

Bonus:

• Experience with frontend technologies such as React and TypeScript.

• If you have built devtools, AI agents, or contributed to open source, please share them!

*Note: 5 years experience is minimum experience, but we are open to seniority (Senior, Staff, Senior Staff, etc).

Benefits & perks (UK full-time employees):

• Generous PTO, plus company holidays

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance

• Paid parental leave for all parents (12 weeks)

• Fertility and family planning support

• Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri

• Competitive pension scheme and company contribution

• Annual work-life stipends for:

  • Home office setup, cell phone, internet

  • Wellness stipend for gym, massage/chiropractor, personal training, etc.

  • Learning and development stipend

• Company-wide off-sites and team off-sites

• Competitive compensation and company stock options