Software Engineer – AI, Document Systems
Foxit
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dublin • Ireland
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About the role
- Design, build, and operate production-grade Python services powering document and AI workflows
- Own document ingestion and management pipelines, including reliability and scalability
- Implement RAG / semantic search systems that combine LLMs with document retrieval
- Develop and refine prompting and context management strategies for real-world usage
- Build and maintain embedding pipelines and vector database integrations
- Implement and optimise PDF processing (structure, metadata, extraction, layout considerations)
- Design and maintain APIs for document services and AI capabilities
- Deploy and run services using cloud infrastructure and containers
- Establish monitoring + evaluation for LLM quality, latency, and cost
- Mentor junior engineers and help raise engineering standards and best practices
- Collaborate within an experienced team and take direction from team leads and peers
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering (or related)
- 4–7+ years professional software engineering experience
- Advanced Python skills (production backend/services)
- Strong experience with LLMs, including prompt engineering and context management
- Proven experience designing RAG and semantic search systems
- Hands-on experience with embeddings and vector databases
- Strong understanding of document management systems
- Solid knowledge of PDF internals, extraction, and layout-related processing
- Experience building and operating production systems (reliability, observability, performance)
Benefits
- Flexible remote/hybrid options in Ireland, with collaboration in the Dublin area
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
PythonLLMsprompt engineeringcontext managementRAG systemssemantic search systemsembeddingsvector databasesPDF processingAPI design
Soft skills
mentoringcollaborationengineering standardsbest practices
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Software Engineering