Software Development Engineer

Foxit; Dublin; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Foxit is seeking a Junior Software Engineer to join our Ireland-based team building AI-powered, document-centric applications. A strong fit for a recent graduate with solid Python fundamentals and curiosity about LLMs and document systems.

You’ll learn by doing, collaborating with senior engineers to develop Python services that process, manage, and analyse documents (especially PDFs) using modern AI techniques, with a hybrid Dublin area setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• Strong Python skills and solid software fundamentals.
• Foundational understanding of AI and LLM concepts.
• Exposure to prompting and LLM-driven workflows.
• Basic knowledge of document management concepts.
• Familiarity with PDF structure and text extraction.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Python-based applications and services.
• Support delivery of AI-powered features using LLMs in document workflows.
• Assist with prompting and context management for document-focused use cases.
• Contribute to document ingestion and management workflows.
• Help process and extract information from PDF documents.
• Work with embeddings and introductory semantic search concepts.
• Write clean, tested, and well-documented code.
• Collaborate via code reviews, team discussions, and iterative delivery.
• Take direction from team leads and grow your skills through mentorship.

Skills

Python

Software fundamentals

LLM concepts

Document systems

PDF text extraction

Team collaboration

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

REST APIs

Embeddings

Vector databases

Job description

Junior Software Engineer (AI & Document Systems)

Location: Ireland (Hybrid — Dublin area)

Type: Full-time

About the role

Foxit is hiring a Junior Software Engineer to join our Ireland-based team building AI-powered, document-centric applications. This role is a strong fit for a recent graduate or early-career engineer with solid Python fundamentals and genuine curiosity about LLMs and document systems.

You’ll learn by doing—working alongside senior engineers to build and improve software that processes, manages, and analyses documents (especially PDFs) using modern AI techniques.

What you’ll do

• Develop and maintain Python-based applications and services
• Support delivery of AI-powered features using LLMs in document workflows
• Assist with prompting and context management for document-focused use cases
• Contribute to document ingestion and management workflows
• Help process and extract information from PDF documents (text + structure basics)
• Work with embeddings and introductory semantic search concepts
• Write clean, tested, and well-documented code
• Collaborate via code reviews, team discussions, and iterative delivery
• Take direction from team leads and grow your skills through mentorship

What you’ll bring (required)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering (or related)
• Strong Python skills and good software fundamentals
• Foundational understanding of AI and LLM concepts
• Exposure to prompting and LLM-driven workflows (coursework, projects, internship, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of document management concepts
• Familiarity with PDF structure and text extraction concepts
• Strong problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn quickly

Nice to have (bonus)

• Introductory experience with RAG concepts
• Familiarity with embeddings and/or vector databases
• Exposure to vLLM, Ollama, or similar tooling
• Basic understanding of REST APIs
• Awareness of data privacy and GDPR principles

What success looks like

• You ramp quickly on our codebase and ship reliable improvements
• You collaborate well (communication, reviews, asking good questions)
• You build confidence in LLM/document workflows while strengthening engineering fundamentals