Software Engineer (Python Backend)

10 months ago

London, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

Build and evolve Nevis’s Python-based AI platform for core workflows and agentic automation.
Develop model orchestration, data processing pipelines, retrieval systems, and execution runtimes for applied AI features.
Create scalable APIs, services, and internal tools for developing, evaluating, and deploying AI systems.
Architect systems for model inference, prompt execution, vector retrieval, and multi-step agent reasoning.
Maintain engineering standards through clean code, testing, observability, and CI/CD.
Collaborate with AI engineers, product managers, and designers to ship client-facing features.
Own greenfield AI platform components from architecture through production rollout.
Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions shaping Nevis’s technical direction.

4+ years of experience in Python engineering, ideally involving AI platforms, ML infrastructure, or applied AI products.
Deep expertise in Python, asynchronous programming, system design, and backend engineering fundamentals.
Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration or agent frameworks, data pipelines, ETL, embeddings, vector search, RAG, model-backed workflows, high-performance APIs, or distributed services.
Strong understanding of modern cloud environments, with AWS preferred.
Solid foundation in computer science, distributed systems, or related fields.
Excellent communication, collaboration, ownership, and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred experience shipping applied AI or ML-powered products in production.
Preferred knowledge of vector databases, feature stores, or streaming systems.
Background in fintech, financial services, wealth management, or startups is desirable.

51-200 employees

Nevis is a purpose-built AI platform that helps financial advisors and their teams automate administrative workflows end-to-end.