Lead AI-Native Software Engineer

🔥 13 hours ago

🇮🇪 Ireland – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🤖 AI Engineer

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8 West Consulting

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2017

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

8 West Consulting is an ISO 27001 certified, award-winning enterprise software development company based in Cork, Ireland. With a team of over 220 professionals and a 25-year history, 8 West specializes in delivering innovative software solutions for businesses, ensuring on-time delivery and consistent quality in their services.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, test, review and release agent-assisted changes to existing enterprise applications • Build reusable agent instructions, tools, context pipelines, execution loops and feedback mechanisms • Adapt agent workflows to established .NET services, legacy code, databases, integrations and build pipelines • Connect agent output to unit, integration and end-to-end tests, code review, security scanning, build pipelines and release criteria • Apply least-privilege permissions, approved tools and models, secure environments, sensitive-data controls, traceability and human approval points • Introduce practical workflows for understanding, modifying, testing and maintaining existing systems without disrupting live project commitments • Apply GitHub Copilot and approved agentic tools to .NET, Azure, SQL and established Git repositories, integrating with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions and existing delivery pipelines • Pair with developers, demonstrate techniques, review agent-generated changes and create concise playbooks • Explain opportunities, limitations, risks and technical choices to developers, engineering leaders, security teams and client decision-makers • Evaluate delivery speed, rework, escaped defects, engineering effort, reliability and cost • Help 8 West Consulting develop practical, repeatable agent-driven engineering workflows for client projects and existing applications

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrable personal experience shipping and supporting production software through agentic coding workflows, with rigorous verification, release controls and operational outcomes • Personal experience building and deploying AI-driven development workflows around existing production applications, including legacy code, incomplete documentation, complex dependencies, established tests and change controls • Hands-on experience with multi-step coding agents, planning, context engineering, reusable instructions or skills, tool integrations including MCP where relevant, safe execution controls and feedback-driven validation • Substantial experience designing, coding, debugging and maintaining complex enterprise applications and services, with sound judgement on architecture, APIs, data, performance and maintainability • Practical experience with GitHub Copilot agent workflows in Visual Studio or VS Code • Familiarity with .NET/C#, Azure, SQL Server and GitHub or Azure DevOps delivery practices • Ability to implement automated unit, integration and end-to-end testing, CI/CD checks, peer review, security controls, deployment verification and production troubleshooting for AI-assisted changes • Experience working within enterprise restrictions on source code, client data, secrets, tools, networks and access; understanding of prompt-injection risks, IP/licensing concerns and auditable approvals • Evidence of helping established enterprise teams adopt agentic practices amid legacy constraints, resistance to change and competing delivery priorities • Strong ability to teach by pairing and demonstration, communicate with technical and non-technical leaders, constructively challenge assumptions and bring developers with you • Desirable: experience in regulated industries such as insurance, healthcare or financial services • Desirable: broader agentic tooling, advanced delivery automation, AI systems assessment, consulting and technical leadership experience

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