Principal AI Software Engineer - Java

Our client - a global automotive systems industry leader - is looking to hire an Principal AI Software Engineer (Java) to join them on an initial 6-month contract, with a view to transition to permanent employment. This role will be operting as part of a high-functioning team focused on AI-forward projects in which you will be implementing AI solutions and technologies, as well as incorporating AI into how your work on a daily basis (for example, Claude Code, Copilot). This role is remote-working (with some occasional visits to site), and will be operating inside IR35. Requirements:

• Deep expertise with Java/Spring/AW
• Hands on production grade experience - or leastPoC forLLM's
• They will be creating agents and creating code that can run on production as AI agents
• Customer facing software/platform re-write experience
• Deep technical expertise in modern and AI-driven systems (engineering and architecture levels)
• Ownership of end-to-end, scalable architectures (some cloud-native, some on-prem still)
• Exceptional problem-solving and engineering judgment
• Strategic alignment with product and business outcomes
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• Deep expertise with Java/Spring/AW
• Hands on production grade experience - or leastPoC forLLM's
• They will be creating agents and creating code that can run on production as AI agents
• Customer facing software/platform re-write experience
• Deep technical expertise in modern and AI-driven systems (engineering and architecture levels)
• Ownership of end-to-end, scalable architectures (some cloud-native, some on-prem still)
• Exceptional problem-solving and engineering judgment
• Strategic alignment with product and business outcomes