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Software Engineer– Product

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field
  • 6+ years of experience building production software in software engineering or a hands-on technical solutions role
  • Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, PHP/Hack, C++, or similar
  • Experience applying production engineering practices such as automated testing, observability, actionable errors, and safe failure handling

Responsibilities

  • Partner with technical and non-technical users to understand the problem and desired outcome
  • Build end-to-end internal products, integrations, and data workflows
  • Turn prototypes and one-off solutions into reliable, reusable capabilities
  • Design evaluation and feedback loops for AI-powered workflows

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Problem Solving

About the company

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Mackin Talent

  • Staffing & Recruiting
  • 51–200
One of our most important values is Relationships Matter. That's not just a statement, at Mackin it is at the core of everything we do. We value our relationships with our Clients just as much as we do our relationships with our Employees. We are all part of one team, and to Mackin that means family. Mackin goes the extra mile to provide the highest quality of service, benefits and support at every level. This includes a full range of services to meet client needs, some of the best employee benefits in the market and on-site support with a proactive approach to employee management and performance.

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Job description

This is a remote position.

Our client is looking for a Software Engineer – Product to join their team.


Duration - 6 months
Location - UK Remote


As an Applied AI Product Engineer, you will build internal products and integrations that help content, product, and research teams design, evaluate, and launch AI-powered experiences. You will work across the product lifecycle, from understanding ambiguous user problems and defining a technical approach to implementation, launch, and iteration.

This is a hands-on engineering role. Most of your time will be spent designing, coding, testing, and operating solutions, with enough internal user interaction to ensure we are solving the right problems. A core part of the role is turning repeated technical support and manual workflows into reliable self-service tools. The work spans AI product evaluation tooling, data and analytics workflows, and new applied-AI prototypes.

What you’ll do

• Partner with technical and non-technical users to understand the problem, desired outcome, and constraints before selecting a solution.

• Build end-to-end internal products, integrations and data workflows.

• Turn prototypes and one-off solutions into reliable, reusable capabilities.

• Design evaluation and feedback loops for AI-powered workflows.

• Apply production engineering practices, including testing, observability, actionable errors, and safe failure handling.

• Use AI coding tools thoughtfully, reviewing and validating all generated work.

• Measure adoption, quality, time saved, and reduction in manual support.

• Create documentation and onboarding paths that allow users and engineers to operate independently.

• Own and prioritize several technical workstreams, making clear trade-offs based on impact and complexity.



Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 6+ years of experience building production software in software engineering, product engineering, ML engineering, or a hands-on technical solutions role.

• Experience independently owning scoped technical products from an ambiguous problem through design, implementation, launch, and iteration.

• Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, PHP/Hack, C++, or similar.

• Experience building or integrating APIs, backend services, data workflows, or full-stack products, including debugging complex integration issues.

• Experience applying production engineering practices such as automated testing, observability, actionable errors, and safe failure handling.

• Experience using data and metrics to evaluate outcomes and communicating technical concepts and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building or integrating AI/ML-enabled products, evaluation systems, or agentic workflows.

• Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or reusable self-service capabilities.

• Strong product judgment or experience influencing product roadmaps by translating user feedback into actionable engineering requirements.

• Demonstrated experience using AI-assisted development or LLM-based systems to improve engineering velocity or redesign operational workflows, while independently reviewing and validating the resulting work.

• Experience contributing to shared codebases using version control, code review, automated testing, and documented engineering practices.

• Experience applying responsible AI practices such as risk assessment, bias mitigation, and quality and accuracy reviews.



Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Healthcare contribution and inclusion in company pension scheme
  • Work laptop and phone
  • 25 days annual leave (pro-rata) plus paid bank holidays
  • Expanding workforce with potential for career progression for top performers.


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