GenAI Backend Engineer — Platform & API Delivery (Flexible)

Company: Grant Thornton UK
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Role

Grant Thornton UK LLP is hiring Engineers and Senior Engineers in the North of England. The role is a hands‑on individual contributor in the CAS practice, focusing on the GenAI platform and related backend, API, and data integration work.

Responsibilities

  • As a Senior Engineer, own end‑to‑end delivery, translating business needs into technical design and solutions at pace.
  • As an Engineer, deliver production‑grade solutions under technical direction, maintain quality, raise blockers early, and build depth.
  • Apply AI‑native engineering, using platform tools, AI tooling, and making judgment on when to solve natively or build bespoke solutions.
  • Design architecture, integrations, and data flow within the platform.

Qualifications

  • Senior Engineer: track record of end‑to‑end delivery, shipped production software, depth in backend and integration engineering using Python or C# .Net, and judgment on native vs bespoke engineering.
  • Engineer: demonstrable experience building and shipping software, solid foundation in at least one backend language, understanding of APIs and version control, and ownership mindset.

Desired skills (not mandatory): familiarity with Azure and Microsoft 365, LLM integration patterns and MCP tooling, AI‑enabled or agentic development environments, comfort using GenAI tools such as Copilot, Claude or ChatGPT.

Benefits

Flexible working options, reduced hours and job shares are considered. Work‑life balance is supported, and the role offers opportunities for secondments, charity work, and societal impact.

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Posted: May 27th, 2026