Software AI Engineer

SF Partners
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Today
£60,000 – £70,000 pa

Salary

£60,000 – £70,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
30 Apr 2026 (Today)

Benefits

25 days holiday Generous pension scheme 10% bonus Private healthcare Extensive personal development scheme Regular remuneration reviews

Software AI Engineer with generative AI, LLM or ML experience is sought by a high growth scale up based near Birmingham.

Working at the forefront of national security innovation this Software AI Engineer will work within a R&D team collaborating with industry partners to turn ideas into production ready, market leading solutions.

This role would suit a software engineer with a couple of years commercial experience within broad range of technologies and a demonstratable passion for AI/ ML innovation who is looking for a truly collaborative, autonomous working environment with end to end project exposure.

In return this Software AI Engineer can expect excellent career development and training opportunities within a market leading SME.

Given the nature of the work an active DV clearance would be a massive plus.

This Software AI Engineer based near Birmingham should have most of the following key skills:

- A software engineering background - Python, JavaScript, Typescript node.js etc
- A real passion for bleeding edge generative AI and/or advanced machine learning technology - Pytorch, TensorFlow, LlamaCPP, Keras etc
- Varied database exposure - PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CosmosDB
- Cloud services exposure - AWS preferred but all considered
- Very strong communication skills
- Experience working in R&D or small technical teams would be a plus

This Software AI Engineer will receive

- Starting salary of up £70,000 DoE
- Hybrid working (1 day a week in the office)
- Extensive personal development scheme
- 25 days holiday
- Generous pension scheme
- 10% Bonus
- Private healthcare
- Truly autonomous, collaborative culture with extensive growth potential
- Regular remuneration reviews

So if you are a Software AI Engineer who wants to join a market leading business with innovation at its core please apply now to be considered

Birmingham
Research & development, generative AI, machine learning, LLM, Python, PyTorch

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