Overview

Position: Senior AI Software Developer

Department: Platform Engineering

Reports to: Head of Platform Engineering

Location: All

Intro

Food is our passion - Tech is our power. Our platform takes millions of orders every week from customers and companies in 24 countries. Our platform engineering experts ensure the success of our technical foundation at scale by running infrastructure, optimizing applications, and building developer tools.

The Team

The Developer AI team is on a mission to supercharge the productivity, creativity, and satisfaction of our engineering teams by embedding AI capabilities into internal developer tools and workflows. We build smart assistants, automation systems, and intelligent insights that redefine the software development lifecycle.

The Role

Within the JET platform engineering department we are looking for someone who can help us create an exceptional developer experience and elevate our developer platform.

The one who can swim fast, react and adapt. If you are up to date with the latest technology and a person who gets things done, we are looking for you.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable AI-powered developer tools and services
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and other engineers to define technical solutions
• Integrate LLMs (like OpenAI, Claude, or open-source alternatives) into developer workflows
• Experience building Agentic AI solutions in production environments
• Experiment with prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, and fine-tuning techniques
• Drive initiatives to improve developer velocity, quality, and satisfaction
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical mentorship
• Stay current with advances in AI, developer tooling, and software engineering best practices

What will you bring to the table?

Must-Haves:

• Strong experience in software engineering, ideally in backend or full-stack roles
• Proficiency in languages: Python, C#, or Java
• Experience with AWS and containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with REST/gRPC APIs and event-driven systems
• Exposure to LLM APIs, vector databases, and basic ML concepts
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Passion for developer experience and building tools that engineers love

Nice-to-Haves:

• Hands-on experience with OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, or similar frameworks
• Background in AWS AI ecosystem and tools like Bedrock
• Experience with GitHub Copilot or similar
• Contributions to open-source developer tools or AI projects

At JET, this is on the menu

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.

Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and celebrating every aspect of our JETers.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colorful selves to work every day.

What else is cooking?

Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people's stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET morsels. Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now!