Senior AI Software Engineer

Are you a seasoned software engineer passionate about developer productivity and the potential of AI? ICT is looking for a Senior AI Software Engineer to join the Innovation department. You’ll play a key role in shaping a new approach to building and maintaining complex system integrations.

Our core products integrate with a wide array of third-party systems, from lifts and video management systems (VMS) to visitor management platforms. This role is focused on a single, powerful objective: leveraging generative AI to dramatically accelerate this integration development process. You will be the expert who guides powerful, locally-hosted Large Language Models to update legacy C++ code, write new C# integrations, generate robust tests, and improve our CI/CD pipelines.

This is a unique opportunity to blend deep systems engineering expertise with cutting-edge AI tooling. You will not only code but also act as the critical human-in-the-loop, ensuring the quality, security, and performance of AI-assisted output. While your primary focus will be on accelerating our integrations roadmap, you will also contribute your skills to our team's broader AI initiatives.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead AI-Powered Development: Act as the subject matter expert for using AI tools to accelerate the entire software development lifecycle for our system integrations.
• Integrations & Legacy Code: Guide AI to write new integration modules in C# and C++, and strategically refactor and modernise parts of our existing legacy codebase.
• Quality Assurance & Testing: Utilise AI to rapidly generate comprehensive unit tests and integration tests, ensuring all code—whether human or AI-written—is reliable and robust.
• Technical Oversight: Serve as the critical expert who reviews AI-generated code, identifies potential flaws, performance bottlenecks, or deviations from best practice, and knows when the AI is heading in the wrong direction.
• CI/CD Enhancement: Identify opportunities to automate and improve our CI/CD pipelines, integrating AI-assisted testing and validation steps.
• Cross-functional Contribution: Collaborate with the core product and embedded engineering teams to ensure seamless integrations, and lend your expertise to the wider Innovation team's AI projects as needed.

Qualifications and Experience: 

• Minimum of 5-7 years of professional experience as a software engineer with a strong background in object-oriented programming.
• Expert proficiency in C++ and/or C# is essential. You must be able to write, debug, and critique complex code in these languages.
• Proven experience in developing and maintaining system integrations (e.g., working with REST APIs, SDKs, gRPC, or other communication protocols).
• Demonstrated experience with modern software development practices, including unit testing, integration testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Practical experience using AI code generation tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and directly interacting with locally-hosted Large Language Models.
• An innate ability to critically evaluate code for quality, performance, and maintainability, regardless of its origin.
• A pragmatic and results-oriented mindset, with a passion for improving developer productivity.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have): 

• Experience in the physical security, access control, or building management systems (BMS) industry.
• Hands-on experience interacting with state-of-the-art LLMs (e.g., models from Anthropic/Claude, Google, OpenAI) via APIs or local deployments.
• Familiarity with Python and tooling in the AI/LLM ecosystem (e.g., LangChain, Hugging Face).
• Experience with both Windows and Linux development environments.

Why Join ICT?

• Be part of a company trusted in over 50 countries for cutting-edge access control and security solutions
• Work in a fast-paced, IoT environment where outcomes have tangible impact
• Grow within an established global business, gain hands-on experience that sets you up for long-term success
• We’re all about results and we make it rewarding. Enjoy perks like gym discounts, flexibility, and a team culture that backs your drive