AI Engineer (Agentic AI SDLC)

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. 

 We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do: 

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner 
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business 
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK 
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW 
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW 

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!. 

Job Description

Role Summary 

We are seeking an AI Engineer to design, build, deploy, and support enterprise-grade applications using Agentic AI SDLC and AI accelerated Delivery. The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to transform business requirements into intelligent, scalable AI systems. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Capture and Translate business requirements into appropriate software design and architecture specs 
• Design, Develop, Test and Deploy enterprise software based on a variety of technology stack by driving Agentic AI Harness.  
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, developers, and QA teams to ensure successful AI solution delivery. 
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to AI capability development.

Qualifications

Mandatory Technical Skills 

• 7+ years of Full stack Development experience ( React/Angular- .net/  java/  Python) 
• Application developer level database skills in any standard SQL or NO-SQL database 
• Experience in Git and end to end DevSecOps tool chain 
• Experience in Playwright or equivalent Unit Test automation tool 
• Experience in software engineering best practices and end to end SDLC 
• Knowledge of design patterns and coding best practices  
• Hands-on in Prompt Engineering Skills 
• Experience with Generative AI and appropriate selections of Large Language Models (LLMs) 
• Exposure to any AI assisted coding and testing platform (e.g. Github Copilot /  Claude Code / Cursor / Loveable / Windsurf) 
• Understanding of Agentic AI and Multi-Agent Systems 
• Familiarity with the concepts of RAG systems, Vector Databases and Embeddings 

Nice to Have Technical Skills 

• Experience in Claude Code 
• LangGraph / LangChain / AutoGen / CrewAI 
• Azure AI / AWS AI Services 
• AI Workflow Orchestration Frameworks 
• Familiarity with the concepts of Context Engineering and Loop engineering 

Non-Negotiable Soft Skills 

• Excellent communication and articulation skills 
• Proactive and high level of ownership 
• Active listening and stakeholder management 
• Strong business analysis capability 
• Structured problem-solving 
• A Big picture Design thinking mindset 
• Ability to decide the right solution pattern for the problem including when not to use AI  
• Fixed price, token-costs, scope and change control  
• Customer facing 
• Runs towards the hard problems.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?  

 At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.  

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits  
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme  
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance  
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme  
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies  
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat  
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.  
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.  

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.     

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer.  

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity.  

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially.  

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