Job Description
Job Title:  AI Software Engineering Professional
Req ID:  59048
Job Function:  Software Engineering
Posting Start Date:  25/08/2026
Posting End Date:  11/09/2026
Division:  Digital
Job Location:  GBR Bristol - Assembly, GBR-Birmingham-Three Snowhill, GBR-London-BTHQ One Braham
Advertised Salary:  £36,000 - £45,000 + BT Benefits

Flexible 3 days a week together out of our London, Bristol or Birmingham offices (flexible 2 days remote wherever).

About the role

We are looking for an AI Software Engineer with hands-on experience building AI-powered solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents and Agentic AI frameworks.

Joining a newly established AI capability within BT's Digital Finance organisation, you'll support a major ERP transformation programme by designing, building and deploying AI solutions that improve delivery across the full programme lifecycle. Working closely with technical teams, product stakeholders and industry partners, you'll help identify opportunities where AI can drive measurable business value and deliver practical solutions at enterprise scale.

This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of AI adoption within BT, helping to shape how AI Agents, machine learning and LLM technologies are applied across a complex business transformation programme.

What you’ll be doing

  • Designing, developing and deploying AI-powered solutions to solve business problems.
  • Building and implementing AI Agents and Agentic AI workflows using modern AI frameworks and platforms.
  • Developing LLM-powered applications and integrating them with enterprise systems and data sources.
  • Collaborating with business and product teams to translate requirements into scalable AI solutions.
  • Creating proof-of-concepts and pilot solutions to demonstrate AI capabilities across requirements gathering, testing, deployment, communications and change management activities.
  • Writing, testing, reviewing and maintaining high-quality code.
  • Integrating machine learning and AI capabilities into existing platforms and processes.
  • Contributing to technical design discussions while ensuring solutions align with security, governance and architectural standards.
  • Keeping up to date with developments in AI engineering, Agentic AI and emerging technologies

Essential Skills / Experience

  • Hands-on experience designing, building or implementing AI Agents or Agentic AI solutions.
  • Experience developing applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI technologies.
  • Strong software engineering skills with demonstrable experience writing, testing and reviewing code, ideally using Python.
  • Ability to translate business requirements into practical AI-powered technical solutions.

Desirable Skills / Experience

  • Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, Copilot Studio or similar agentic frameworks.
  • Experience with Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Gemini or related AI platforms.
  • Knowledge of machine learning techniques and model deployment.
  • Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise applications and data sources.
  • Exposure to SAP, SAP Joule or ERP transformation programmes.
  • Experience working within Agile or cross-functional product teams.
  • Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science or a related discipline.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
  • Curiosity, adaptability and a desire to continuously learn and explore emerging AI technologies.

Our Package

 

  • 10% on target annual bonus
  • Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family 
  • Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off 
  • Equalised maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay
  • Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband
  • Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us
  • Holiday purchase scheme

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good.  Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers. 

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country.   Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.