Website Digitalent
We connect exciting candidates with forward-thinking organisations looking to hire the best AI and Machine Learning talent in the world.
🚀 The Opportunity
We’re hiring on behalf of a well-established global software company that’s entering an exciting new phase of growth. With a 30+ year track record, 450+ international clients, and £66m in annual revenue, they’re now scaling their AI capabilities and have relocated their HQ to a newly refurbished office Guildford, Surrey in 2025.
This is your chance to join their AI team as a Senior Software Engineer, where you’ll help architect, build and scale AI/ML driven software solutions that serve critical industries including energy, mining, finance, healthcare, and more.
🧠 The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer within their newly formed AI team, you’ll play a key role in delivering production-grade AI/ML systems, championing best practices, and mentoring junior engineers. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, including AI/ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and Domain Experts, to take projects from concept through to deployment.
Key Responsibilities:
🔧 Software Engineering
- Build scalable, secure, containerised systems (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Develop APIs and services in Python (C++ is a bonus)
- Monitor and optimise production systems
- Lead technical improvements and mentor team members
📊 Data Engineering (experience not essential – nice to have)
- Develop robust data pipelines (batch + streaming)
- Work with time-series and unstructured data
- Enable RAG systems and industrial data monitoring
🤖 Machine Learning
- Support ML model lifecycle and on-prem MLOps (DevOps experience is essential)
- Contribute to feature store design, model governance, and versioning
👤 You’ll Need
- 5+ years in software engineering roles
- 2+ years hands-on AI/ML engineering experience
- Strong Python skills, experience building production systems
- Excellent communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills
💡 Nice to Have
- Experience in industrial, manufacturing, or energy sectors
- Data Engineering experience
- Familiarity with SCADA/industrial control systems
- Background handling sensitive operational data securely
- Knowledge of hybrid/on-prem/cloud deployment environments
🎁 The Package
- Competitive base salary up to £100k depending on experience
- Uncapped annual performance bonus
- Pension with up to 10% employer match
- Private health & dental cover
- Additional employee perks
📍Location
Guildford, Surrey (relocation support provided)
😁 Sponsorship is available for the right candidate