Overview

AI Applied Engineer role at Plentific

At Plentific, we’re redefining property management in real time. Our mission is to lead real estate through the transformative journey into “The World of Now,” enabling us to empower property professionals through our innovative, cloud-based platform. We harness cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights to streamline operations for landlords, letting agents, and property managers—enabling them to optimize maintenance, manage repairs, and make informed decisions instantly. Our platform is designed to create seamless, real-time workflows that transform traditional property management into a dynamic, digital experience. We’re backed by a world-class group of investors and headquartered in London with a global outlook, continually expanding our reach and impact. We’re looking for forward-thinking, passionate professionals who are ready to contribute to our mission and drive industry innovation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy AI-powered features and services in our Python-based stack (Django, DRF) and explore new frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, BentoML) for performance and scalability.
• Build and integrate intelligent automation systems, AI agents, and decision-support tools into core product workflows.
• Implement and optimise LLM-based systems, RAG pipelines, and AI agent architectures for complex property management workflows.
• Work with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, define AI use cases, and iterate quickly on prototypes.
• Integrate complementary AI capabilities—such as voice processing, computer vision, and NLP—into customer-facing and internal tools.
• Collaborate with MLOps and platform engineers to ensure models are deployed, monitored, and iterated in production environments.
• Maintain clear documentation for AI systems, APIs, and workflows.
• Stay on top of emerging AI frameworks and deployment tools, bringing forward innovative ideas for application.

Experience And Qualifications

• Strong Python development background (5+ years preferred), with solid experience in Django and Django REST Framework.
• Proven track record of building and deploying AI/ML-powered applications in production environments.
• Proficiency with async and streaming APIs, enabling efficient real-time data processing and low-latency AI service delivery in microservices (Django, FastAPI, Flask, or similar).
• Strong understanding of context engineering practices, optimising prompts, memory, and retrieval strategies for LLM-based systems.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and GitHub Copilot for technical analysis, code generation and code review.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace) and LLM orchestration tools (LangChain, LangGraph, or similar)
• Experience deploying ML models using containerised solutions (Docker, Kubernetes) and frameworks like BentoML or equivalent.
• Familiarity with vector databases and retrieval pipelines for RAG architectures.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and MLOps tooling (MLflow, Kubeflow, or similar).
• Familiarity with voice-to-text, IVR, and/or computer vision systems is a plus.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices—testing, CI/CD, version control, code reviews.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package
• 25 days annual holiday
• Flexible working environment including the option to work abroad
• Private health care for you and immediate family members with discounted gym membership, optical, dental and private GP
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Employee assistance program
• Company volunteering day and charity salary sacrifice scheme
• Learning management system powered by Udemy
• Referral bonus and charity donation if someone you introduce joins the company
• Season ticket loan, Cycle to work, Electric vehicle and Techscheme programs
• Pension scheme
• Work abroad scheme
• Company-sponsored lunches, dinners and social gatherings
• Fully stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks, fruit, breakfast cereal etc.