Staff Software Engineer

Job Title: Staff Software Engineer / Forward Deployed Engineer / Senior Full Stack Engineer

Location: Bristol (Hybrid, 2–3 days onsite)

Salary: £60,000 – £90,000

Type: Permanent

Start: Immediate

Company: 167 Solutions Ltd (on behalf of a high-growth client)

167 Solutions Ltd are recruiting for a Staff Software Engineer to join a fast-scaling organisation building production-grade AI and full stack solutions.

This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy working close to the business, solving real-world problems, and delivering solutions at pace.

• Design and build scalable full stack applications
• Develop and deploy AI-powered solutions including LLM integrations and RAG systems
• Work closely with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Lead rapid prototyping and production delivery
• Contribute to architecture decisions across multiple projects
• Mentor engineers and support technical best practice

• Strong experience with Python and JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience with React, Next.js or similar frameworks
• Cloud experience, ideally AWS
• Experience building and deploying production systems
• Exposure to Generative AI, LLMs or retrieval-based systems
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments

• Experience in consulting, forward deployed or product-led environments
• Experience with CI/CD, containerisation and infrastructure as code
• Exposure to data pipelines or multiple database types

• Salary between £60,000 and £90,000
• Hybrid working model
• Opportunity to work on real-world AI products
• High ownership and influence across projects
• Immediate start available

Apply now or contact 167 Solutions Ltd for more information.