Software Engineer - Customer Facing Applied AI

Location: London, UK. Applicants must have and maintain the right to work in the United Kingdom from the first day of employment. Visa sponsorship is not available. The role may require occasional work outside standard business hours for client time zones and up to 15% travel to client sites, including overnight and multi-day engagements.

Company

hirify.global is a global data and AI platform that provides investment professionals with portfolio, market, and client intelligence.

What you will do

• Build AI-powered agents and tools from client problem discovery through prototyping, evaluation, and production deployment.
• Design LLM integrations using prompt engineering, function calling, structured outputs, and retrieval-augmented workflows.
• Define evaluation criteria and build test harnesses for AI systems with ambiguous, domain-specific correctness requirements.
• Work directly with clients and domain experts to understand workflows, validate AI behavior, and iterate toward production quality.
• Partner with core engineering teams to turn client-specific solutions into product features and contribute to shared AI infrastructure.
• Monitor and maintain production AI systems with attention to reliability, cost, and performance.

Requirements

• Prior professional software engineering experience and professional experience with Python.
• Experience with LLM APIs such as Claude or GPT, including function calling and structured outputs.
• Comfort with SQL for data exploration and data-grounded AI workflows.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar.
• Experience taking a project from zero to one and from prototype through production, with a strong focus on client outcomes.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Experience building agentic systems, including multi-step tool use, agent orchestration, or durable workflows.
• Experience with additional backend languages, especially Java.
• Familiarity with financial data such as portfolios, transactions, securities, or accounting.
• Exposure to AWS, container-based deployments, or AI evaluation frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Values include ownership, collaboration, client focus, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Work closely with clients and core engineering teams throughout the product development cycle.
• Travel to client sites may comprise up to 15% of the role.
• Reasonable accommodation is available for candidates with disabilities during hiring and employment.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and belonging.

Hiring process

• Applicants proceed through a formal interview process.