Lead Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Java Generative AI) London to £95k

Are you a Java technologist with experience of working on cutting edge Artificial Intelligence?

You could be progressing your career in a hands-on leadership role at one of the country's leading PropTech sites that have revolutionised the way we find property for rent and sale with millions of users per day.

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer you'll join a cross functional team, collaborating with Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers as the business seeks to introduce cutting edge AI technology. You'll design and implement the underlying application layer to expose and encapsulate fundamental Generative AI capabilities, facilitating scalability and the adoption of AI including AI systems and architecture, prompt engine development, continuous monitoring and evaluation.

You will act as an AI champion within the wider technology team, keeping up with the latest advancements, seeking continual improvement and providing mentoring to other engineers as a valued member of the company's tech community.

Location / WFH:

You'll join colleagues in the Central London office for two days a week with flexibility to work from home the other three days.

About you:

You have commercial experience of working with AI, a demonstratable interest in Generative AI concepts such as LLM, OpenAI, Hugging Face, Vision, multi-modal, embedding models, similarity search, dense vector persistence as well as an understanding of Machine Learning concepts - you may have an relevant MSc, contribute to blogs, attend conferences and events You have strong backend web development experience with Java and SpringBoot You have technical project leadership and mentoring experience You have experience with RESTful APIs, messaging, event souring; Kafka would also be nice You have a test driven approach, TDD, Agile methodologies and processes You have strong analysis, problem solving and critical thinking skills

What's in it for you:

Salary to £95k Pension Private healthcare including optical and physio Life Assurance Enhanced maternity / paternity packages Travel loan and cycle to work scheme Savings schemes Tax free charity donations Hybrid working (x2 days a week in London) Opportunity to work on AI technology with excellent career growth