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Ascent

Lead AI Product Engineer

Ascent

. Own solutions from discovery and architecture through implementation, phased testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in building AI-enabled applications and services, with a strong focus on full-stack development using modern JavaScript/TypeScript and C#/.NET. Proficient in cloud platforms like Azure, implementing secure and scalable solutions while ensuring compliance and performance optimization.

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Full-Stack DevelopmentAI-Enabled Product DeliveryAzure Cloud Platform ExpertiseC#/.NET Backend EngineeringDistributed Systems Knowledge

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Hard Skills
JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsC#.NETAI Model IntegrationInfrastructure as CodeAutomated Software TestingAsynchronous Processing
Soft Skills
Problem-SolvingClear CommunicationCollaborationAccountabilityAdaptability
Tools & Technologies
Azure OpenAIApplication InsightsOpenTelemetrySnowflakeCI/CD
Industry Keywords
AI CapabilitiesUser ExperienceCompliance ControlsProduction TelemetryData Protection

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AzureCloudDistributed SystemsJavaScriptNext.jsPythonReactSnowflakeTypeScript.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own solutions from discovery and architecture through implementation, phased testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support
  • Build AI capabilities into real applications and workflows, including model and service integration, grounding or retrieval patterns, structured outputs, orchestration, guardrails, and fallback behavior
  • Deliver intuitive web experiences, robust APIs and services, and reliable connections between application, AI, and data layers
  • Create shared components, templates, reference architectures, deployment patterns, and standards for reuse across initiatives
  • Define testing across development and deployment stages
  • Implement automated software tests and repeatable evaluation of AI quality, reliability, latency, and failure modes
  • Instrument applications for tracing AI, data, integration, and application behavior
  • Diagnose issues across upstream and downstream dependencies and implement durable fixes
  • Embed authentication, authorization, secrets management, data protection, auditability, compliance controls, and lineage into solution design
  • Measure and improve operating cost, token consumption, model selection, retrieval strategy, caching, latency, and infrastructure use
  • Report the economics of operating each solution
  • Partner with UI/UX and business stakeholders to improve user outcomes and adoption
  • Contribute ideas, review designs and code, share specialist knowledge, and lead challenges aligned with technical strengths

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Significant professional software engineering experience, including ownership of production systems and technical decisions at Lead or Principal-caliber level
  • Hands-on delivery of AI-enabled products or application features that operate in production and serve recurring business workflows
  • Strong full-stack capability: modern JavaScript/TypeScript, React or Next.js, API and service development, and integration with enterprise data platforms
  • Strong backend engineering experience in C#/.NET or a comparable enterprise stack
  • Sound knowledge of distributed systems, asynchronous processing, and integration patterns
  • Deep experience with Azure or another major cloud platform, including secure networking, identity, secrets, serverless or containerized services, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and production telemetry
  • Practical understanding of LLM application architecture, including model APIs, retrieval and grounding, prompt and context design, structured output, evaluation, monitoring, and responsible failure handling
  • Ability to explain trade-offs among quality, user experience, latency, security, maintainability, and cost
  • Persistent, low-ego problem-solving style; ability to work through ambiguity, seek expertise when needed, and remain accountable until issues are resolved
  • Clear written and verbal communication with engineers, product partners, business stakeholders, and support teams
  • Nice to have: Azure OpenAI or comparable managed model services, Azure AI capabilities, and production use of leading model providers
  • Nice to have: Application Insights, OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, AI-specific observability, or evaluation tooling
  • Nice to have: Snowflake or comparable cloud data platforms
  • Nice to have: Enterprise design systems, accessibility, user research, and UI/UX partnership
  • Nice to have: Experience in regulated or data-sensitive environments
  • Nice to have: Working proficiency in Python for AI services, evaluation, data processing, or automation

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • No specific benefits or compensation extras stated in the posting