💼 Full-Time Position

Principal AI Software Engineer - Java

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Lucas Group
📍 London, England, United Kingdom
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Location
London, United Kingdom
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Posted
June 04, 2026
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Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Our client - a global automotive systems industry leader - is looking to hire an Principal AI Software Engineer (Java) to join them on an initial 6-month contract, with a view to transition to permanent employment.

This role will be operting as part of a high-functioning team focused on AI-forward projects in which you will be implementing AI solutions and technologies, as well as incorporating AI into how your work on a daily basis (for example, Claude Code, Copilot).


This role is remote-working (with some occasional visits to site), and will be operating inside IR35.


Requirements:

  • Deep expertise with Java / Spring / AWS
  • Hands on production grade experience - or leastPoC forLLM's They will be creating agents and creating code that can run on production as AI agents

  • Customer facing software/platform re-write experience

  • Deep technical expertise in modern and AI-driven systems (engineering and architecture le...