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Senior Software Engineer

Location: Remote (UK)
Department: Research & Development
Salary: £60,000 – £65,000 p/a + benefits
Type: Full-time

Help the teams behind remarkable cultural programmes stay on track

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work across two equally important areas:

  • Building new AI-enabled products and add-ons from the ground up

  • Incrementally modernising a complex PHP-based enterprise platform to keep it robust, scalable, and future-ready

You will own solutions end-to-end, from architecture and design through to cloud-native deployment and production operation. Working closely with the Product Owner and Head of Engineering, you will make pragmatic architectural decisions that balance innovation, delivery speed, security, and long-term maintainability.

AI is central to how we build. You’ll help apply AI thoughtfully and responsibly within customer-facing features and internal engineering workflows.

What You'll Do:

  • Design and deliver end-to-end solutions across frontend, backend, and infrastructure
  • Modernise targeted parts of the existing stack to reduce technical risk and improve delivery velocity
  • Lead development of new product add-ons with clear commercial value
  • Design AI/LLM-powered workflows with strong guardrails for security and reliability
  • Build REST APIs and modular services, including scalable inference-backed services where appropriate
  • Package and deploy applications using Docker/Kubernetes
  • Support AWS-based deployments with a focus on reliability and scalability
  • Collaborate on CI/CD pipelines and automation
  • Ensure systems are scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure
  • Work closely with product, leadership, and customer-facing teams
  • Communicate technical trade-offs and risks clearly
  • Contribute to shared patterns, documentation, and continuous improvement
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What You'll Bring:

  • 7+ years building and maintaining production software on cloud-native platforms
  • Strong backend engineering experience with modern server-side frameworks like Laravel (PHP 8.2+), alongside experience in related technologies such as TypeScript, React, Node.js, JavaScript, or Python
  • Deep understanding of relational databases and complex business logic
  • Experience working with complex business logic and legacy systems
  • Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools
  • Experience integrating AI or LLM-based capabilities into applications or workflows
  • Solid grounding in software architecture, system design, containerisation and cloud platforms (AWS) 
  • Confidence working with legacy systems while driving pragmatic improvement 
  • Clear communication skills and a strong sense of technical ownership
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Why Join Artifax?

  • Shape products used by cultural organisations worldwide 

  • Work on meaningful, technically challenging problems with real ownership 

  • Be part of a collaborative, remote-first engineering culture 

  • Explore responsible, real-world applications of AI 

  • Enjoy stability, autonomy, and opportunities to influence long-term technical direction

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Our Employee Value Proposition

We go the extra mile for our clients. In the same way, we go the extra mile for our people. When you work at Artifax, you can expect:

A Great Work/Life Balance

First, we believe that sustainable work leads to better outcomes.

  • 25 days of holiday, rising to 33 with tenure

  • Fully remote working, with home office equipment provided

  • Options to sell additional holiday days when needed

As a result, our team can balance meaningful work with life outside of it.

Your wellbeing matters, both at work and beyond it. Therefore, we offer support that reflects real life, not just job titles.

  • Healthcare cash plan for you and your dependents

  • Enhanced family leave

  • Wellness and mental health support

  • Retailer discount platform

  • Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential support

Great work deserves recognition. For that reason, we take time to celebrate individual and team achievements.

  • Birthday and work anniversary gifts

  • Milestone rewards

  • Annual bonus and pay review, based on individual and business performance

Long-term careers matter to us. Consequently, we invest in learning, development, and progression.

  • Company-funded training and development, including international travel

  • Access to over 3,000 online courses

  • Annual talent management and personal development plans

  • Career mobility opportunities across the Volaris Group