Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDynamoDBGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptNode.jsPythonReactRustTerraformTypeScript
About the role
- Relentlessly focus on user outcomes: discover real user pain points, test hypotheses with working software, and validate impact with user feedback and data.
- Accelerate with AI without compromising quality: use AI-assisted programming and emerging agentic patterns to move fast, while keeping humans-in-the-loop for correctness, maintainability, and security.
- Continuously push the frontier: explore new AI capabilities (agentic “software engineer” concepts, tool-use, planning) and bring pragmatic, production-minded approaches to the team.
- User-centered prototyping: work with PM and UX to frame user problems, define success metrics, and rapidly deliver prototypes and small bets that can be tested with real users.
- AI-assisted development: use tools like Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and OpenAI code models to speed up implementation, testing, and refactoring while upholding engineering standards.
- Agentic patterns & orchestration: prototype systems that plan, call tools/functions, and collaborate with other agents; evaluate observability, safety, and cost-of-ownership.
- Cloud-native delivery: build throwaway-to-keep prototypes on AWS (API Gateway/Lambda/DynamoDB/Fargate), SQS, EventBridge with CI/CD for quick deploys and fast rollback.
- Maintain engineering hygiene at speed: establish patterns for testing (including LLM evals), typed APIs, tracing/metrics, and prompt/version management.
- Framework fluency: apply AI frameworks (Agents SDK, AI SDK, pydanticAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex) and know when bespoke code is better.
- Collaboration & handover: partner with platform, data, and security teams; produce concise docs and runbooks for production handover.
- Domain awareness: incorporate academic/publishing workflows, metadata, and IP/licensing realities into solution design.
- Stay ahead of emerging technologies and methodologies, introducing new approaches that keep the team at the forefront of AI-augmented software engineering.
Requirements
- Several years of professional software engineering experience, ideally including full-stack or end-to-end development
- Proven track record in building prototypes, MVPs, or innovative software solutions under tight timelines
- Real-world cloud experience (AWS preferred) and CI/CD for rapid, reliable deployments
- Demonstrated expertise in using AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar tools)
- Solid experience with modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Rust, React, Node.js)
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and CI/CD pipelines
- Advanced software development skills with the ability to balance speed and quality
- Strong creative, curious, and experimental mindset
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and critical-thinking skills
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Self-motivated and passionate about staying up-to-date with cutting-edge technologies, especially in the AI space
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Nice to have: Familiarity with academic/publishing workflows and data models
- Nice to have: Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform/CDK), vector databases, feature flags/A-B testing, and LLM observability/guardrails
- Work authorization/location requirement: must reside in one of UK, Spain, Germany, Romania