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Senior Platform Software Engineer - R&D Automation

London💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-25

Core

Building AI agents and platforms to automate and augment the software development lifecycle, integrating AI systems with engineering ecosystems.

Role type

Senior Platform Software Engineer (Agentic AI Systems)

Builds

AI agents, reusable agent capabilities, tools, and integrations for the engineering ecosystem

Domain

Ed-Tech, Software Engineering, Agentic AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Python, backend software engineering, agentic AI patterns, context management, tool use, orchestration, evaluation/verification, distributed systems, API integration, experimentation mindset

Preferred skills

Product thinking, stakeholder collaboration, rapid prototyping

Technologies

Python, MCPs, internal tools, codebases

Responsibilities

Design and build AI agents and harnesses; develop agentic workflows across Engineering, Product, Design, and Data; experiment with new AI capabilities; design verification and orchestration mechanisms; measure agent usage and value; collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive adoption

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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