Job Description
- Minimum 8 years of experience in software engineering, technical implementation, or related technical delivery roles
- Proven experience driving projects with direct client engagement and stakeholder management
- Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous delivery environments with strong ownership and execution capability
Application Engineering
- Strong hands-on development experience using Python and/or JavaScript
- Experience building production-grade backend services, APIs, and application workflows
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals including modular design, testing, and maintainability
- Experience integrating frontend and backend components for end-to-end solution delivery
Applied AI Engineering
- Demonstrated experience building or implementing applications leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI technologies
- Practical experience designing and implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows
- Experience in agent design, orchestration logic, and tool-based execution patterns
- Experience building evaluation frameworks for model validation, retrieval quality, and output consistency
- Understanding of prompt engineering, model behavior optimization, and AI system reliability
Cloud & Platform Engineering
- Experience building and deploying systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience with containerized deployment and cloud-native architecture patterns
- Understanding of deployment automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure provisioning
- Familiarity with application scalability, resilience, and cloud cost optimization
MLOps / LLMOps
- Experience designing and operating MLOps and/or LLMOps pipelines
- Understanding of model lifecycle management including deployment, versioning, monitoring, and rollback
- Experience implementing observability for AI systems, including performance and quality monitoring
Customer Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement
- Strong ability to engage with customers to clarify requirements, align expectations, and drive delivery decisions
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to business and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience balancing customer priorities with technical feasibility and delivery constraints
Soft Skills
- Strong problem-solving orientation with a customer-first mindset
- Ability to balance hands-on coding with customer-facing engagement
- Strong decision-making capability under ambiguity
- Ability to maintain delivery speed without compromising quality
- Strong ownership and accountability for delivery outcomes
- Ability to remain composed and effective in high-pressure delivery environments
Nice to Have
- Business-level or higher Japanese language proficiency
- Experience implementing large-scale enterprise systems
- Experience in data security, governance, and access control design
- Experience working in startup or new business environments
- Experience collaborating with global or distributed teams
- Strong English communication skills
- Experience with observability tools and operational monitoring for AI systems
Language Requirements
- English: Business proficiency required
- Japanese: Business-level proficiency preferred
Thank you for your interest in this role. Please also share your CV at dileep@lsarecruit.co.uk and if suitable, we will get in touch with you to discuss further.
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