Software Engineer (Core AI Services)

• We are looking for a passionate Software Engineer to join our Core AI Services team. In this role, you will help design, develop, and scale AI-enabling platform services and public APIs that are secure, reliable, and cloud-native
• These services will act as foundational building blocks for AI adoption across AVEVA’s product portfolio and partner ecosystem
• Working at the forefront of agentic systems and harness engineering, you will join an agile Scrum team with a true builder mindset—delivering innovative, secure, and production-grade AI capabilities with the agility of a startup
• Build scalable, fault-tolerant cloud-native services on Microsoft Azure, ensuring high performance and reliability
• Develop and refine secure, well-documented public APIs and SDKs for consumption by internal and external developers using ASP.NET Core and C#
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions across data pipelines, orchestration, and service APIs
• Embed robust security controls to protect sensitive data and ensure secure access to AI services
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and implementation discussions to ensure engineering excellence

Benefits

• Time off: 28 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. You can also buy/sell five days a year
• Emergency leave: Five days a year to use when unexpected or urgent events make it impossible to work
• Hybrid working: The default option for employees is a 3:2 split between the office and working from home. Some positions are fully remote and others are fully office-based—refer to the job listing for specific details
• Parental leave: Maternity leave comprises 18 weeks at full pay, followed by 21 weeks statutory pay and 13 weeks unpaid. Paternity leave is two weeks at full pay. Pension contributions and benefits are maintained throughout
• Workplace nursery scheme: Pay for your child’s nursery directly through payroll, saving tax and NI contributions
• Electric care lease: Use your flexible benefits fund to subsidize the pre-tax leasing of a brand-new electric or ultra-low-emission car
• Shopping vouchers: Use your flexible benefits fund on discounts and vouchers for many major retail, tech and restaurant chains
• BUPA private healthcare: BUPA healthcare is a core benefit for employees. Use your flexible benefits fund and/or salary sacrifice to add family members
• Anonymous counselling: Through our Modern Health benefit, employees and their dependents over 13 are eligible to use our mental health app and receive unlimited counselling and coaching each year
• Dental insurance: Use your flexible benefits fund to cover preventative and restorative treatment. You can also add coverage for family members
• Cycle to work: Buy a brand-new bike and save 25–40% on retail price thanks to tax savings
• Gym membership: Use your flexible benefits fund to discount a membership to a major gym chain
• Bonus: Based on a combination of your own performance and AVEVA’s financial results
• Pension: Use your flexible benefits fund to increase the standard employer contribution. You can also route your bonus directly into your pension, saving tax and NI
• Income protection: Secure a reliable income if you’re unable to work due to long-term sickness or injury
• Life assurance: In the event of your death, your loved ones will receive a lump sum
• Charitable giving: The Action for Good program gives you three days of paid volunteering every year, as well as match funding opportunities. You can also use your flexible benefits fund to give to charity pre-tax
• Professional development: Access to LinkedIn Learning gives you the chance to grow your knowledge and skills, while AVEVA’s extensive mentorship network allows you learn from colleagues across the company
• Education support: After one year with AVEVA, you can apply for support towards a relevant course or qualification. AVEVA will reimburse up to 70% of the cost
• Service recognition: Whether you’ve been with us for 12 months or 50 years (it’s happened!), the AVEVAversary program rewards you during milestone years with cash and time off. We also recognize your contributions by planting a tree in the AVEVA Forest, our global forest of recognition- If you are a motivated engineer who is energized by the challenge of building scalable platform services and clean APIs for modern AI workloads, we want to talk to you
• Working at the forefront of agentic systems and harness engineering, you will join an agile Scrum team with a true builder mindset—delivering innovative, secure, and production-grade AI capabilities with the agility of a startup
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, versioning, testing, and lifecycle management
• Minimum of 2 years professional experience in software engineering, preferably in platform or cloud-native service development, Microsoft and .NET technologies a plus
• Practical experience deploying and debugging scalable cloud-native services using PaaS, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Proficient in securing APIs, managing authentication/authorization and data privacy practices
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse complex technical challenges and propose scalable solutions
• Interest or exposure to Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agent orchestration, prompt engineering, and tool calling
• Familiarity with AI standards such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent2Agent (A2A)
• Experience with tools for automated testing and evaluation of AI outputs
• Experience working in Agile teams and collaborating across global R&D locations- Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV