Senior Software Engineer – AI

Brightwater Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Brightwater Recruitment is seeking a seasoned Software Engineer with 5+ years of commercial experience and deep AI expertise to join a Dublin-based technology company. You will contribute to AI-driven products and solutions, focusing on backend/API development and scalable cloud deployments.

The role offers hybrid work in Dublin and a competitive benefits package. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex AI requirements into robust software, ensuring production-grade

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial software development experience.
• Hands-on AI expertise with real-world AI solutions.
• Experience building and deploying AI-driven products.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate and deploy AI solutions into production environments.
• Support AI-driven technology across backend and cloud-native systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate AI requirements into robust software.

Skills

Software development

AI / ML / LLMs

Backend development

API development

Cloud AWS/Azure/GCP

Software architecture

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Are you a strong Software Engineer with 5+ years of commercial experience and deep, hands-on AI expertise?

We’re looking to speak with experienced Software Engineers who have a strong software development background and have built, developed and deployed real-world AI solutions.

This is an opportunity to join an established Dublin-based technology company where you’ll have the opportunity to apply your software engineering expertise to AI-driven products and solutions.

A competitive salary is on offer, along with a comprehensive suite of benefits and a strong overall package.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years’ commercial experience in software development
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Strong experience with AI / Machine Learning / LLMs / Generative AI
• Experience building and integrating AI solutions into production environments
• Strong backend and API development experience
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure or GCP
• Good understanding of software architecture, development practices and deployment
• A genuine interest in how AI can be applied to solve real-world business problems

We’re interested in engineers who have genuine hands-on experience developing AI solutions — whether that’s working with LLMs, RAG, NLP, machine learning, AI agents, model integration, AI automation or related technologies.

The person:

You’ll be a strong software engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and is excited by the rapid development of AI technology.

Strong software engineering ability combined with substantial AI experience is the priority.

What’s on offer:

• Competitive benefits package
• Hybrid working in Dublin
• Opportunity to work on AI-driven technology
• A role with scope to make a genuine impact on the development of future products and solutions

Location: Dublin

Working arrangement: Hybrid

Experience: 5+ years

Focus: Software Engineering / AI / LLM / Machine Learning