Fullstack Software Engineer (Agentic AI)

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Last month
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£120,000 – £130,000 pa Permanent

Head of Engineering

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment Edinburgh, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
£120,000 – £130,000 pa Permanent
Posted
8 Apr 2026 (Last month)

My client is seeking to recruit a Fullstack Software Engineer on an initial 12 month contract based in London. It is hybrid and will require 2x days onsite per week.

Key responsibilities

Front end implementation for a React application

Visualizing and interacting with scientific data and workflow progression

Integration of AI/ML components with frontend, backend, data and compute infrastructure

Responsible for high quality software implementations according to best practices, including automated test suites and documentation

Develop, measure, and monitor key metrics for all tools and services and consistently seek to iterate on and improve them

Participate in code reviews, continuously improving personal standards as well as the wider team and product

Liaise with other technical staff and data engineers in the team and across allied teams, to build an end-to-end pipeline consuming other data products

Basic qualifications:

Demonstrated experience with frontend software development (e.g. React)

Demonstrated experience of Python development (e.g. using FastAPI)

Bachelors degree in a relevant field (including computational, numerate or life sciences), or equivalent experience

Cloud experience (e.g. Google Cloud and cloud run preferred) including core web application infrastructure is essential

Strong skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python, ensuring best practices are followed for clean and scalable code

Demonstrated ability to work directly with designers, particularly using Figma, to convert design prototypes into engaging and interactive applications

Experience in using automated testing tools, including Playwright and Cypress, to create, maintain, and execute comprehensive test suites

Sound understanding of web development best practices, modern design principles, and continuous integration workflows

Knowledge of agile practices and able to perform in agile software development environments

Strong knowledge of modern software development tools / ways of working (e.g. git/GitHub, DevOps tools for deployment) - should be able to show practice of commit early and deploy often

Preferred qualifications:

Experience with Docker or containerized applications, especially architecture of multi-container applications

Demonstrated experience with biological or scientific data (e.g. genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics), or pharmaceutical industry experience, especially design of data visualisations

Knowledge of agent-based approaches (e.g. LangGraph, PydanticAI, AutoGen)

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