Senior Software Engineer
Gloucester, United Kingdom
Reporting to: Practice Lead
Company:
Akkodis is a global leader in engineering, technology and R&D, harnessing connected data to drive digital transformation and innovation. With over 50,000 engineers and digital specialists across 30 countries, Akkodis supports organisations from concept through to full-scale deployment and optimisation across consulting, solutions, talent and academy services.
Role:
Akkodis is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Engineering Methods & Tools team, supporting the Landing Systems Engineering organisation.
This role focuses on designing and delivering robust, production-quality Python software that enhances engineering workflows. In addition to core software development, you will integrate AI and machine learning components into engineering tools, contributing to scalable, data-driven systems deployed in production environments.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead software development activities and support engineering standards for scalable, maintainable codebases
* Design, build, test and maintain Python-based applications and services
* Integrate AI/ML components into engineering tooling in collaboration with data scientists and senior engineers
* Contribute to system and architecture design combining software engineering principles with AI capabilities
* Develop and maintain data processing workflows supporting software and AI-driven applications
* Deploy, monitor and support applications in production environments
* Collaborate with engineering stakeholders to define requirements and deliver practical solutions
* Identify opportunities to improve automation, efficiency and tool quality
* Produce clear documentation covering code, architecture and deployment processes
Required Experience:
* 3-8 years’ software engineering experience, ideally within engineering, industrial or scientific environments
* Strong hands-on experience developing production-ready applications in Python
* Exposure to AI/ML technologies or integration of data-driven components into software systems
* Experience deploying and supporting applications in production
* Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS
* Experience working with databases and structured or unstructured data
Required Skills:
* Strong proficiency in Python for application development (Java experience beneficial)
* Solid understanding of software engineering best practices including testing, CI/CD, version control and maintainability
* Foundational understanding of AI/ML concepts such as data pipelines and model usage
* Experience with data analysis or statistical methods advantageous
* Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams
Education:
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related discipline
This position offers the opportunity to take a technical leadership role in delivering scalable, AI-enhanced engineering tools within a complex engineering environment.