AI Software Engineer (London)

Location:

London (Hybrid, 2–3 days/week)

Type:

Full-time

About Shop Circle

Shop Circle is an AI-first technology company that acquires and scales mission-critical B2B software businesses globally.

We serve 200,000+ businesses across diverse verticals, focusing on high-retention, deeply embedded software with strong cash generation.

Our model is simple but powerful: acquire high-quality SaaS companies and accelerate their growth through a centralized AI platform—driving both revenue expansion and operational efficiency.

We operate as long-term owners, continuously improving products through applied AI.

The Role

We’re hiring an

AI Software Engineer

to bring AI into real-world production across multiple products and business units.

This is not a research role. It’s about

shipping

.

You’ll operate at the intersection of

AI systems, software engineering, and business impact

—working closely with product leaders, operators, and our central AI team to identify high-leverage opportunities and turn them into production-grade solutions.

If you’re excited by taking ideas from

prototype into production, and with measurable ROI

, this role is built for you.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered features end-to-end across our product portfolio

• Work with

LLMs, RAG pipelines, and agent-based systems

in production environments

• Implement

guardrails

(validation, error handling, fallbacks, human-in-the-loop flows)

• Set up

monitoring and observability

to continuously improve system performance

• Evaluate and optimize systems for

accuracy, latency, and cost

• Improve prompts, retrieval strategies, and model behavior through structured experimentation

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business teams

• Contribute to

reusable AI components

and shared infrastructure

What We’re Looking For

• 3–6 years of experience in

Software Engineering with a track record of building and maintaining production systems at scale

• Strong

Python

skills with experience in building and deploying robust backend services and APIs

• Hands-on experience with

LLMs, RAG pipelines, and backend systems

• Proven track record of taking systems

from prototype to production

• Strong judgment in balancing

speed, quality, and scalability

• Strong academic background in Technology related field

• Excellent communication in English, primary language across the business

Nice to Have

• Experience with evaluation frameworks and benchmarking

• Familiarity with vector databases (e.g. Pinecone, Chroma)

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools

• Frontend experience (JavaScript / TypeScript)

• Experience optimizing systems for

latency and cost

• Exposure to

business metrics and ROI-driven decision making

Why Shop Circle

• Work across a

diverse portfolio of SaaS products

• Build AI systems with

direct, measurable business impact

• High ownership, low bureaucracy, fast execution

• Collaboration with a

central AI team shaping company-wide strategy

• Competitive compensation and strong growth trajectory