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Working alongside senior technical leaders, you will help build production-grade AI agents and applied systems while developing foundational expertise in enterprise AI engineering at one of the UK's largest insurers.\nTechnology and AI are central to Aviva's strategy. Today, we serve over 25 million customers globally, support 7.4 million registered MyAviva users and continue to invest in the technology foundations that enable innovation at scale. With 70% of UK IT applications now cloud-based, we're creating the platform for the next phase of AI adoption across the business.\nIf you’re eager to move beyond proofs-of-concept, write clean, testable code and learn how enterprise-scale AI is engineered in production, we’d love to hear from you.\nA bit about the job:\nYou will contribute directly to the delivery velocity of our Applied AI Engineering team, building well-tested, high-quality code for multi-agent systems, context engineering and AI evaluation under the close guidance of lead engineers.\nYou will be responsible for :\n Contributing clean, production-quality Python code for multi-agent systems and applied AI components.\n\n Designing and implementing component-level solutions, including prompt construction approaches and tool integration methods.\n\n Building and maintaining test coverage across individual AI modules to ensure reliability and quality.\n\n Leveraging AI-powered coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) to accelerate development and maintain high engineering standards.\n\n Adhering to responsible AI standards, flagging potential compliance, bias or data handling concerns early.\n\n Participating actively in code reviews and pair programming to continuously develop your technical skills.\n\n Collaborating with AI platform and product teams to understand requirements and integrate shared tooling.\n\nSkills and experience we’re looking for :\nYou’ll bring experience in many of these areas:\n Python Proficiency: Ability to write clean, maintainable and testable production Python code.\n\n Foundational AI/LLM Knowledge: Understanding of how LLMs are applied in production settings (agents, RAG, prompt engineering).\n\n GenAI Frameworks: Exposure to frameworks like AWS Strands, OpenAI Agents SDK, Google ADK, DSPy or similar libraries (LangChain/LangGraph, LlamaIndex).\n\n Software Engineering Fundamentals: Solid grasp of version control (Git), testing strategies and CI/CD pipelines.\n\n AI Coding Tools: Fluent use of modern AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex).\n\n Cloud Awareness: Familiarity with cloud environments, preferably AWS.\n\n Quality & Governance: Curiosity about AI evaluation frameworks and a willingness to work within regulated governance standards.\n\n Education & Experience: A degree in Computer Science, STEM or equivalent practical experience, supported by relevant portfolio projects, open-source work or internship experience. (AWS Cloud Practitioner certifications are a bonus).\n\nWhy Aviva:\nThis is an opportunity to help build AI in a highly trusted environment, where customer outcomes, governance and responsible innovation matter.\nYou'll join a business with proven AI capability, significant digital reach, modern technology foundations and the ambition to scale AI across the organisation.\nWhat you’ll get for this role:\nOur purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we bring that to life is by investing in you.\n Salary from £48K+ bonus + excellent benefits (depending on location, skills, experience and qualifications).\n\n Bonus opportunity 8% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s\n\n Generous pension scheme: eg if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%\n\n 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days\n\n Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it\n\n Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts\n\n Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme\n\n Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave\n\n Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work\n\n Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others\n\nWe take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools\nTake a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.\nAviva is for everyone:\nWe’re inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences.\nExcited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.\nWe flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.\nTo find out more about working at Aviva take a look here\nWe’d love it if you could submit your application online. 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