Senior AI Engineer

Allica Bank

About Allica Bank Allica is the UK’s fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech. Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers. Role Description The Senior Full Stack Engineer leads the technical design and delivery within a single squad and line-manages 1–2 Full Stack Engineers. The role exists to ensure the squad delivers secure, reliable, and accessible products, while maintaining high engineering standards and an excellent developer experience. You will use your expertise in Spring Boot microservices (Kotlin/Java) and modern web technologies (React/TypeScript) to design and deliver complex features end-to-end. Our backend services run as containerised applications on Azure Container Apps, and our web applications are deployed via Azure Static Web Apps; you will ensure the squad’s services and applications are production-ready and effectively use these platforms. You will drive best practices in observability, CI/CD, security, performance, and accessibility, ensuring systems meet the standards expected of a UK bank. You will create and maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for significant decisions, aligning with organisation-wide patterns. You are hands-on and collaborative: you design features, write code, review changes, mentor engineers in your squad, and work closely with Product and Design. You model responsible, effective use of GenAI tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot) to improve productivity and quality. Success in this role is measured by the squad’s delivery of complex features, improvements in SLOs and operational metrics, the health of the codebase, and the growth and effectiveness of your squad. Principal Accountabilities Lead the end-to-end design and delivery of complex features across the full stack using: * Backend: Kotlin/Java Spring Boot microservices, containerised and deployed on Azure Container Apps, exposing REST/OpenAPI APIs and integrating with other services and data stores. * Frontend: React/TypeScript, shared design system components, and agreed architectural patterns (e.g. Nx, micro frontends), deployed on Azure Static Web Apps. Produce clear Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for significant technical decisions, documenting context, options, trade-offs, and outcomes that align with organisation-wide standards. Own and improve SLOs and operational metrics for the squad’s services; monitor error budgets, participate in incident response, and drive improvements to reduce incidents and MTTR. Champion secure and compliant design: * Apply secure coding practices and threat modelling. * Ensure logging, audit trails, and data handling meet regulatory and privacy requirements. * Ensure accessibility standards are met in user-facing features. Strengthen observability and operational excellence within the squad (metrics, tracing, logs, dashboards, runbooks, alerts) and ensure they are used effectively. Drive improvements to the squad’s developer experience (CI/CD pipelines, test strategy, local development workflows, release practices) in line with wider engineering standards and cloud deployment patterns. Model responsible AI-assisted engineering: * Use GitHub Copilot and other approved tools to improve speed, quality, and consistency. * Validate and refine AI-generated code to ensure correctness, maintainability, and compliance. * Contribute to documentation and feedback loops on AI usage in partnership with Staff Engineers. Provide technical mentorship and line management for Full Stack Engineers in the squad, supporting their growth in technical skills, ownership, and delivery capability. Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to ensure technical feasibility, shape solutions, and align technical work with product goals and timelines. Maintain high standards of code quality, testing, documentation, and maintainability across the squad’s codebase, actively reducing technical debt. Personal Attributes & Experience * Strong experience designing, building, and operating Spring Boot microservices in Kotlin or Java, including REST APIs, integrations, and containerised deployments on a major cloud platform (Azure preferred; AWS or Google Cloud also relevant). * Strong knowledge of React and TypeScript, with practical experience building accessible, performant, and maintainable user interfaces. * Proven ability to design robust, scalable solutions within a squad context, aligning with broader architectural guidelines. * Good understanding of distributed systems fundamentals (resilience, latency, consistency, failure modes) appropriate to microservices. * Strong understanding of secure coding practices (e.g. OWASP), privacy considerations, and security/compliance expectations in production systems. * Experience with observability tooling, incident response, and CI/CD pipelines; familiarity with Azure DevOps Pipelines and Azure deployment services is beneficial. * Demonstrated ability to improve codebase quality through refactoring, better abstractions, and clear boundaries between modules and services. * Experience mentoring engineers (pairing, code review, design guidance) and some experience of line management or formal coaching responsibilities. * Experience using GenAI tools (such as GitHub Copilot) to improve productivity and code quality, with a clear understanding of their limitations and validation requirements. * Strong communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to deliver outcomes. Working at Allica Bank At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers. Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind: * Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities * Options for flexible working * Regular social activities * Pension contributions * Discretionary bonus scheme * Private health cover * Life assurance * Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave Don’t tick every box? Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you! Flexible working We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate. Diversity We’re a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.

Allica Bank

About Allica Bank Allica is the UK’s fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech. Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers. Role Description As a Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack), you’ll design, build, and launch end-to-end features that directly impact thousands of business customers. You’ll work across the stack and challenge conventional thinking to drive quality, performance, and stability. You’ll thrive here if you love solving complex problems, shipping iteratively, and working in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment. Principal Accountabilities High-level: ● Deliver impactful features and enhancements. Ensure exceptional experience for our users. ● Keep the lights on for our platform. ● Find the best solution, challenge the consensus when you see a better path forward. ● Drive continuous improvements to the platform, processes, and tooling. Detailed: ● Solutions: collaborate with Product to better understand the problem, brainstorm solutions, challenge assumptions and the status quo. ● Architecture: non-functional requirements, system design, peer reviews. ● Scoping: break work into tasks, estimate, refine and align with the team ● Implementation: write clean, testable, and maintainable code. Test thoroughly using a combination of unit tests, integration, e2e and manual exploratory testing. ● Deployment: create build and release pipelines, deploy infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code, ship changes under feature flags. ● Maintenance: ensure observability, resolve problems, alerts, incidents and BAU requests. ● Drive the changes: retrospective analysis, RCA / Lessons learned, change requests. ● Share the expertise: mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pairing and feedback. Personal Attributes & Experience ● 7+ years of experience in engineering roles. ● 3+ years of experience working with C# / .NET. ● 1+ years of experience working with React / TypeScript. ● Proficiency in cloud/distributed systems design and implementation. ● Strong unit, integration testing, mock frameworks and debugging skills. ● Experience with PaaS, ideally Azure. ● Experience with SQL (Azure SQL is a plus). ● Experience with Docker, containers and Kubernetes. Working at Allica Bank At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers. Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind: * Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities * Options for flexible working * Regular social activities * Pension contributions * Discretionary bonus scheme * Private health cover * Life assurance * Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave Don’t tick every box? Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you! Flexible working We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate. Diversity We’re a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.

Valtech

Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience.  THE OPPORTUNITY At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries.  We are proud of:  * The work we do and the innovation we drive  * Our values of share, care and dare  * A workplace culture that fosters creativity, diversity and autonomy  * Our borderless, global framework, which enables seamless collaboration    THE ROLE   The Senior AI Engineer is a practitioner role within Data Science, AI, & Agentic. This role is responsible for driving complex AI engineering workstreams while also supporting the growth, enablement, and effectiveness of AI engineering practitioners on the team. The Senior AI Engineer shapes implementation strategy, supports delivery planning and quality, and serves as a trusted partner to internal and client stakeholders on AI-enabled applications, orchestration patterns, workflow integration, and practical adoption. You will thrive in this role if you are:  * A curious problem solver who challenges the status quo  * A collaborator who values teamwork and knowledge-sharing  * Excited by the intersection of technology, creativity and data  * Experienced in Agile methodologies and consulting (a plus)  Role responsibilities * • Drive complex AI engineering workstreams across multiple business areas, use cases, products, or stakeholder groups. • Define AI engineering approaches that align business goals, workflow opportunities, orchestration patterns, integration requirements, and measurable implementation outcomes. • Translate ambiguous stakeholder needs into structured implementation plans, workflow logic, prompt orchestration, retrieval patterns, tool-calling approaches, and solution recommendations. • Guide the implementation of AI-enabled applications, agents, assistant-style experiences, and workflow components that connect models to practical business processes. • Establish and reinforce best practices for prompt orchestration, tool use, context handling, retrieval flow, API integration, workflow composition, response processing, testing, and code quality. • Design and improve reusable implementation patterns for use cases such as summarization, extraction, question answering, search augmentation, conversational support, workflow automation, grounded insight delivery, and agent-assisted task execution. • Contribute to delivery planning, prioritization discussions, and quality standards across AI engineering engagements. • Mentor, coach, and support practitioners through feedback, guidance, and performance development. • Review deliverables for clarity, technical rigor, quality, consistency, safety, and business usefulness. • Help teams improve workflow reliability, integration quality, testing discipline, and implementation reuse across projects. • Collaborate with AI Scientists, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and Architects to align AI solutions with business needs, governed data access, platform realities, and technical constraints. • Contribute to hiring, onboarding, capability development, and team maturity within the AI engineering practice. • Follow established governance, privacy, safety, and responsible AI-use standards across the work of the team.   Must have qualifications * Advanced English Level * Expected to demonstrate AI-native engineering habits appropriate to an AI Engineer role, including active use of approved AI-enabled tools and workflows for AI application development, orchestration design, prompt and retrieval integration, tool-calling workflows, API integration, testing, documentation, and reusable implementation patterns. Uses AI-assisted workflows to accelerate development, improve implementation quality, draft test cases, document workflow behavior, troubleshoot integration issues, and refine reusable components while maintaining human accountability for correctness, safety, maintainability, governed data access, and production usefulness. * Strong experience in AI application development using Python, SQL, PowerShell, and REST APIs, including workflow design and structured data (JSON) processing. * Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI-compatible services, Azure API Management (APIM), Cosmos DB, and Microsoft Fabric for enterprise AI and data solutions. * Experience designing and implementing LLM-enabled and agentic applications, including RAG, prompt orchestration, tool calling, embeddings, context management, and workflow evaluation. * Strong knowledge of AI solution integration, cloud-native architectures, and scalable AI application development within Microsoft ecosystems. * Experience working with Databricks, Apache Spark, and PySpark to support AI, analytics, and data engineering workflows. * Proficient with Git, GitHub, and Azure DevOps for version control, collaboration, and CI/CD practices.   If you do not meet all the listed qualifications or have gaps in your experience, we still encourage you to apply. At Valtech, we recognize that talent comes in many forms, and we value diverse perspectives and a willingness to learn.    COMMITMENT TO REACHING ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE  We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all.    THE BENEFITS   This is a Full Time position based in Brazil Beyond a competitive compensation package, we offer:  * Flexibility, with remote and hybrid work options (country-dependent)  * Career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs  * Learning and development, with access to cutting-edge tools, training and industry experts * Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, plus employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts Our benefits are tailored to each location. Your Talent Partner will provide full details during the hiring process.     YOUR APPLICATION PROCESS Once you apply, our Talent Acquisition team will review your application. If your skills and experience align with the role, we’ll reach out for next steps. Your CV should cover key information on relevant experiences and expertise. We do not require information such as age, gender, marital status, or a headshot in your application. We review all candidates based on skills, experience, and potential. ⚠️ Beware of recruitment fraud: Only engage with official Valtech email addresses. We are committed to inclusion and accessibility. If you need reasonable accommodations during the interview process, please either indicate it in your application or let your Talent Partner know.     ABOUT VALTECH Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, we help brands unlock new value in an increasingly digital world.  At the intersection of data, AI, creativity, and technology, we drive transformation for leading organizations, including L’Oréal, Mars, Audi, P&G, Volkswagen Dolby, and more.  At Valtech, we don’t just talk about transformation. We make it happen. Our people are the heart of our success, and we foster a workplace where everyone has the support to thrive, grow and innovate.  Are you ready to create what’s next? Join us.   For applicants in California, please see Valtech's CPRA Privacy Notice here.