• 09/09/26
• London, London
• £70k - 80k per year
• Permanent
• Software Engineering
• Full time

AI-Native Software Engineer

London (Hybrid) | £70,000 to £80,000 + Benefits

Build software with AI, not around it.

We're looking for an experienced AI-Native Software Engineer to join a growing engineering team developing market-leading SaaS products used across the advertising, media and broadcast sectors.

This is a hands-on engineering role for a developer who embraces AI-assisted software development and wants to work on real business challenges across a diverse portfolio of established and innovative products.

Working closely with senior technology leadership and product stakeholders, you'll deliver new features, modernise existing platforms and help drive the adoption of AI-enabled software engineering practices.

What You'll Be Working On

You'll contribute across a portfolio of established SaaS products and bespoke client solutions, including:

• Media trading and workflow platforms
• Audio compliance and monitoring solutions
• Digital advertising and directory products
• Bespoke customer applications and integrations

This role offers a mix of greenfield development, platform enhancement, integration projects and continuous product improvement.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing, building and enhancing business-critical SaaS applications
• Developing solutions using PHP, SQL and JavaScript
• Delivering new features and improving existing systems
• Leveraging AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude to accelerate development
• Building automated testing and quality assurance processes
• Contributing to architecture and technical design discussions
• Participating in code reviews and engineering best practices
• Collaborating with Product Owners, Project Managers and stakeholders
• Supporting continuous improvement across engineering processes
• Mentoring developers and sharing technical knowledge

What We're Looking For

Essential Skills

• 5+ years commercial software engineering experience
• Strong PHP development experience
• Advanced SQL skills (MySQL and/or T-SQL)
• JavaScript (ES2015+)
• Object-Oriented Design and software engineering best practices
• Experience developing and supporting SaaS platforms
• Docker, Git and CI/CD pipelines
• Automated testing and quality-focused engineering
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Desirable Experience

• Cloud-native architectures
• Platform Engineering
• Infrastructure as Code
• Observability and monitoring tools
• DevOps practices
• Experience integrating AI into engineering workflows

The AI-Native Mindset

This role is ideal for an engineer who actively embraces AI-assisted development and understands how modern engineering teams can use AI to improve productivity, software quality and customer outcomes.

You'll be excited by a future where engineers spend more time solving problems, designing solutions and delivering business value, while AI helps accelerate delivery and reduce repetitive development tasks.

Why Join?

• Work on a diverse portfolio of established SaaS products
• Be part of a business investing heavily in AI-powered engineering
• Influence the adoption of modern development practices
• Enjoy significant autonomy and technical ownership
• Collaborate with experienced technology and product teams
• Gain exposure to multiple products, technologies and industries

If you're a software engineer who combines strong PHP expertise with a genuine passion for AI-native development, we'd love to hear from you.