Ai Systems Developer & Software Engineer

 

Description:

The Role:

What You Will Do

You will be SúilSiar’s first in-house developer. Your role will be focused on three high-level

strategic deliverables as well as daily maintenance and stand-up reporting:

• Leading our AI Backend Integration: You will live primarily in the Python/FastAPI

backend to integrate our new AI supports. You will focus on Prompt Engineering, API

orchestration, and optimizing the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline to

ensure the AI gives accurate, curriculum-aligned answers.

 

• Driving Core Platform Localisation & Innovation: You will take ownership of the UI for

our existing teaching and learning platform. Using existing React templates, you will wire

up backend logic to ensure the interface is accurately localised, fully accessible, and

delivering a seamless experience for our current users. There will be scope for

developing new solutions into the localised platform for SúilSiar.

• Preparing Primary School Expansion Architecture: You will lay the technical

groundwork and adapt our white-label platform infrastructure for our strategic expansion

into the primary school market in 2027.

 

About You

A track record of practical building is highly valued, as is high-level achievement in formal

education. Degrees blending technology and language (such as Trinity’s CSLL) are particularly

well-regarded, but proven competency is what matters most. Whether you are a high-potential

recent graduate or an experienced builder drawn to our Irish language mission, you are

energised by the varied responsibilities and dynamic challenges of a scaling startup

 

• Tech First: You are a strong Python/AI backend developer who knows how to glue APIs

together and manage a database. You have some awareness of or experience in React

(with the capacity and willingness to grow) and are comfortable leaning on UI templates

to get your frontend work done.

 

• Attitude Second: You are a pragmatic problem-solver who knows how to take a Proof of

Concept and turn it into a robust product. You are comfortable working autonomously,

presenting technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and bringing your own

product ideas to the table.

• Language (Bonus): While not strictly essential, an interest in or working proficiency or

fluency in Irish (Gaeilge) is a highly advantageous addition to your application. It will help

you understand UX nuances and assess AI output, though our integrated NLP scrubbing

tools handle the heavy linguistic quality control.