AI Software Engineering Lead

Reference: 12345_1784816871

Software Engineering Lead (AI)

Location: Cork, Ireland (on-site)
Type: Full-time, Permanent

About the company
A fast-growing, IDA-backed industrial technology company building out its engineering presence in Cork. The business operates at the forefront of emerging technology, with AI already shipping in production across its platform - not early-stage experimentation.

About the role
We're looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Lead to run our AI engineering function. This is a technical leadership role, not a purely managerial one - you'll still be writing code, running PoCs, and validating architecture, while setting technical direction, hiring the team, and raising the engineering bar across the group.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical direction of a high-impact AI engineering team, staying hands-on
  • Design and deliver cloud-native, container-first services built to scale
  • Take AI-enabled capabilities from early exploration through to secure, production deployments
  • Write high-quality Python code and define the engineering bar for maintainability and testing
  • Drive good engineering practices across CI/CD, containerisation, Kubernetes, and cloud operations
  • Play a central role in hiring and building the team
  • Mentor and coach engineers through reviews, pairing, and technical feedback

Requirements

  • Strong professional software engineering background (typically 10+ years, though impact and evidence of delivery matter more than a specific number)
  • Proven technical leadership - leading design discussions, mentoring, setting direction
  • Strong Python engineering skills: OOP, typing, async programming, FastAPI preferred
  • Demonstrated experience building REST APIs and service integrations
  • Cloud experience on at least one hyperscaler (Azure preferred), with strong container experience
  • Kubernetes experience strongly preferred
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
  • Strong testing discipline (PyTest) and code review habits
  • Understanding of AuthN/AuthZ fundamentals (OpenID/OAuth2)

Nice to have

  • Experience building with Generative AI or Agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, Hugging Face)
  • Familiarity with event-driven architecture
  • Azure platform depth (Cosmos DB, serverless)
  • Interest in modern AI concepts (transformers, attention, deep learning foundations)

GCS is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

£100,000.00 - £125,000.00
Per annum
GBP100000 - GBP125000 per annum
Added 23/07/2026
Reference: 12345_1784816871

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