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Our companies provide mission-critical enterprise solutions for vertical industries across the entire industry value chain. The Vesta Software Group Limited is all about strengthening businesses within the markets in which we compete and enabling them to grow - whether through organic measures such as new initiatives and product development, day-to-day business, or through acquisitions.\nPosition\nBuild and ship production-grade AI capabilities that can be reused across Vesta Business Units (BUs). You will lead by example as a hands-on engineer, set the engineering bar, and turn pilots into repeatable starter kits with strong DevOps, security, and handover discipline.\nThis role is not \"R&D\" and not \"just prototyping\". The goal is measurable delivery in 90-day cycles, then reuse at scale.\nJob Responsibilities\nWhat you will deliver:\nReusable \"starter kits\" aligned to the AI-First Strategy build plan (e.g., Maintenance automation kit, AI-SDLC kit, Commercial/Sales acceleration kit).\n\nProduction-ready pilots with clear monitoring, evaluation, runbooks, and BU handover.\n\nReference architectures and implementation patterns that work across heterogeneous BU stacks (Azure, AWS, on-prem, legacy products).\n\nTechnical leadership (hands-on):\nOwn end-to-end solution design and implementation for central pilots and reusable components.\n\nLead technical discovery with BUs: constraints, data readiness, integration points, and security requirements.\n\nSupport adoption of AI-DLC (AI driven Development Lifecycle) methodology across Portfolio BUs by leading by example and supporting change management efforts during transition.\n\nEngineering excellence and delivery:\nBuild full-stack capabilities: APIs, integrations, data flows, UI surfaces where required, and LLM application layers (agents/RAG/workflows).\n\nEstablish CI/CD patterns for AI-enabled systems (tests, security scanning, release gates, environment separation).\n\nDrive reliability: observability, cost controls, latency, fallbacks, and safe failure modes.\n\nAI-SDLC and governance-by-design:\nOperationalize AI-DLC/AI-SDLC practices: spec-first delivery, eval harnesses, quality gates, and auditable artifacts.\n\nEnsure solutions can be safely operated by BUs with minimal central dependency (docs, runbooks, dashboards, training).\n\nMentorship and enablement:\nCoach junior engineers and partner engineers on modern SDLC, DevOps, and pragmatic AI delivery.\n\nContribute to internal playbooks, templates, and show-and-tell case studies.\n\nJob Qualifications\nMust-have experience:\n7+ years building and operating production software systems (SaaS, enterprise, or similar).\n\nStrong SDLC fundamentals: testing, code review, CI/CD, release management, incident thinking.\n\nProven ability to design secure systems: authN/authZ, secrets management, audit/logging, least privilege.\n\nStrong backend engineering (APIs, data stores, async patterns) and comfort going \"full stack\" when needed.\n\nCloud and DevOps competence (AWS and/or Azure; containers; infrastructure automation).\n\nPractical experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into products or workflows (does not need to be \"AI researcher\" background).\n\nAbility to operate across varied tech environments (legacy + modern), with high autonomy and good stakeholder communication.\n\nNice-to-have:\nExperience with modernization patterns (strangler, wrappers, service extraction).\n\nExposure to Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar context/tooling integration approaches.\n\nExperience shipping customer-facing support automation, voice workflows, or knowledge systems.\n\nExperience in vertical market software or multi-product portfolios.\n\nYour Personal Characteristics Will Include\nA successful Lead Software Engineer in the Central AI Lab is a hands-on, delivery-focused technical leader who takes ownership, communicates clearly, and collaborates effectively across teams.\n\nThey bring a security-first, reliable approach to building scalable, reusable solutions, stay adaptable in fast-moving environments, and mentor others to raise engineering standards.\n\nThey remain curious, pragmatic, and inclusive, always focused on delivering real business value.\n\nTravel: Occasional UK travel for BU workshops, onboarding, and group events. Optional international travel (USA/Canada/South America) for portfolio events.\nBusiness Unit:\nVesta Software GroupScheduled Weekly Hours:\n37.5Number of Openings Available:\n1Worker Type:\nRegularCareer Site:\nMore About Jonas Software:\nJonas Software is a leading provider of enterprise management software solutions, serving a wide range of vertical markets including hospitality, healthcare, construction, education, personal care, fitness, leisure, moving and legal services, to name a few. Within these markets, Jonas is comprised of over 65 distinct brands, each a respected leader in its domain.\nJonas’ vision is to be the branded global leader across these verticals and to be recognized by customers and industry stakeholders as the trusted provider of “Software for Life.” We are committed to technology, product innovation, quality, and exceptional customer service.\nJonas Software supports over 60,000 customers in more than 30 countries. We employ over 6,000 skilled professionals, including industry experts and technology specialists. Across our broader network, we support a global workforce of more than 30,000 employees.\nHeadquartered in Canada, Jonas Software has a global footprint with offices around the world. 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