Software Engineer (AI Development)

Company: Adepta Partners
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Location: Northern Ireland
Job Description:

Location: Belfast – Hybrid (2 days per week in office)

The Opportunity

We’re working with an impressive company in Belfast that can confidently call itself a standout ‘employer of choice’. They’re making a significant investment in AI-enabled software engineering and building a new AI capability that will add value across the business.

They’re looking for Software Engineers who have been immersed in ‘Agentic Engineering’; using AI coding tools as a fundamental tenet of your day-to‑day.

The Software Engineer won’t just write code. You’ll explore how AI can improve the entire SDLC, whilst driving AI Adoption internally + ensuring quality output!

Ultimately you will think about what tools to use, help teams adopt best practices and see if other teams can benefit too!

Looking at AI-coding zero to 1. Think research, planning, building, implementing, coaching and working cross‑functionally!

What You’ll Be Doing

1) Software Engineering

2) Problem solving, experimentation and collaboration.

You’ll:

  • Build and deliver AI-enabled software solutions from concept through to production
  • Use AI-assisted development tools to improve software engineering and delivery
  • Explore and implement agentic AI workflows and techniques for reliable automation
  • Help engineering and product teams adopt AI-enabled development practices
  • Develop reusable engineering approaches, examples and best practices
  • Ensure solutions align with architectural patterns, coding standards and performance requirements
  • Work across engineering, architecture, security, QA and platform teams
  • Help teams understand both the capabilities and limitations of AI within software development
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent commercial experience
  • 3+ years’ commercial experience in Software Engineering (full-stack)
  • Hands‑on experience with AI‑driven engineering tools, such as:

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-Compound Engineering or similar approaches/tools

  • Experience with agentic AI workflows and steering techniques for reliable automation
  • Strong OOP skills using Java, Python or C#
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • Knowledge of AWS, Azure or GCP
  • Strong understanding of software engineering standards, architecture and performance
  • Must be permanently based in Northern Ireland with the relevant Right to Work
  • RAG architectures, embeddings and context management
  • Docker and Kubernetes
  • Software security best practices and compliance
  • Automated testing frameworks and QA processes

AWS certification or equivalent cloud certification

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Posted: September 20th, 2026