Senior AI Developer

Senior AI Developer Annual Salary: Competitive<br />Location: Reading, Berkshire (with hybrid options)<br />Job Type: Full-timeA new permanent opportunity has become available for a Senior AI Developer to join a leading technology partner. This role is ideal for an experienced, hands-on full stack developer who is passionate about AI-powered software development. You will be instrumental in designing and delivering production-grade solutions that integrate large language models, agentic systems, and Azure AI services into real-world applications. Day-to-day of

the role:

Lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-integrated solutions for client engagements using modern full-stack technologies.<br />Integrate Azure AI services into production applications and architect LLM-powered features and agentic workflows.<br />Work directly with clients to understand requirements, shape solutions, and translate them into working software.<br />Provide technical leadership across engagements, ensuring high standards of code quality and engineering rigour.<br />Contribute to technical research, prototyping, and proof-of-concept development to support client proposals and win new work.<br />Define and prove a mature, repeatable pattern for delivering AI solutions that can be scaled across the team.<br />Establish reusable tools, accelerators, and components to enhance the speed and quality of AI delivery.<br />Explore and evaluate emerging AI technologies and development approaches, integrating the best into practice.<br />Mentor and upskill other developers, building AI delivery capability as the model transitions into the Delivery team.Required Skills &amp;

Qualifications:

Extensive full-stack development experience in React/Node.js, .NET/C#, Python/Fast API. Proven track record of delivering production software on client-facing projects, ideally within a consultancy or professional services environment.<br />Experience with prompt engineering, RAG architectures, or agentic AI development at scale.<br />Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Cursor.<br />Strong experience with Azure cloud services and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps).<br />Demonstrable experience integrating LLMs and building AI-powered features in real-world applications.<br />Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.<br />Comfortable working autonomously and shaping ambiguity into repeatable, scalable delivery.Benefits: Industry-leading training and development opportunities.<br />23-days holiday allowance, increasing with length of service, plus bank holidays, an extra day off on your birthday, and the option to buy more.<br />Company pension scheme.<br />2 paid leave days per year to volunteer and support your local community.<br />Health cash plan with free access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).<br />Life assurance.<br />Cycle to work scheme, electric vehicle scheme, home and tech scheme, and retail discounts.<br />Free on-site gym at our Manchester and Leeds locations.<br />Long service recognition and social events such as Summer BBQ and Christmas party.To apply for the Senior AI Developer position, please submit your CV to be immediately considered