OAG Aviation Worldwide - Staff Software Engineer

• Extensive experience building and running production software end to end, from system design through to operating it live • building and running production software end to end • Technical leadership beyond a single team: a track record of influencing engineers and teams you don’t manage, and building agreement across them • Technical leadership • System design across boundaries: systems that stay correct, fast and affordable when several teams, several delivery channels and a shared data platform are all involved, and sound judgement on when to solve something once centrally versus letting each team solve it • System design across boundaries • Hands-on experience in analytical or data-intensive contexts and depth in large-scale data platforms: how they’re built, governed and paid for, including keeping one customer’s data separate from another’s, controlling access at the data layer, tracking data lineage, and keeping query cost under control • large-scale data platforms • Machine learning and AI in production: enough understanding of how models and agents are built, trained and evaluated to set the technical brief for the data science team, read an evaluation critically, and judge whether a result will hold up in the real world. Experience taking AI-powered features into production and making them reliable, cost-effective and trustworthy for customers. • Machine learning and AI in production: • Judgement under uncertainty, with commercial awareness: you understand that technical choices affect what the business can charge and what it costs to serve a customer, and you know when to decide and when to wait • Clear communicator who can explain direction, risk and trade-offs so that engineers, product, commercial and senior leaders all take away the same thing • Clear communicator • A builder’s mindset. You understand the who and the why, and you own what ships • A builder’s mindset • AI-native in how you build: you use AI tooling with judgement, stay current with how agentic development is evolving, and help make effective agentic practices the norm across the team • AI-native • If you don’t meet every requirement but feel excited about this role, we’d still love to hear from you. • WE WILL OFFER YOU • WE WILL OFFER YOU • 🚀      A progressive, non-hierarchical culture where innovation drives everything we build • 🏡      Flexible working arrangements that allow remote work or office attendance • 💰      An attractive compensation and benefits package, including access to a Simplyhealth cash plan to support your everyday health and wellbeing, a company bonus scheme, Octopus EV salary sacrifice scheme and enhanced pension scheme • 🏖️      25 days holiday plus bank holidays, volunteering days and additional day off during your birthday month • 👪      Inclusive family benefits designed to support you through parenthood and fertility journeys • 🌍      Work remotely anywhere in the world for up to 1 month per year • 📚      Annual learning and development budget.       OAG is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and able to perform at their best. • We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know. We are happy to have an open conversation about how we can support you.