Software Engineer – Customer Projects

London, United Kingdom

PolyAI is tackling the challenges of automating customer service through voice. Our voice assistants make it possible for businesses to deliver outstanding customer service at every touchpoint.

This is voice-enabled, AI-driven customer service that works in the real world, right now.

As part of the project team, you will take a lead role in developing real-world systems for our customers that take 1000s of calls every single day. You will work closely with Product Managers and Dialogue Designers to build out and maintain highly specialised software that delights our clients and their customers.

 

Your responsibilities will involve:

• • Contributing to our conversational AI systems – building new projects as well as maintaining existing ones.
  • Taking a major role in our software development through writing Python code, tests, as well as contributing to design ideas, documents and performing code reviews.
  • Interacting with Product Managers and Dialogue Designers to produce a great conversational UX.
  • Communicating with client tech teams on API & telephony integrations.

Minimum Requirements:

• • BS degree in a technical field involving coding, or equivalent industry experience.
  • 1+ year(s) of commercial Python / C++ / Java experience, or equivalent.
  • You are a fast learner.

Preferred Requirements:

• • • Understanding of the software deployment cycle, including local deployments, testing, code reviews etc.
    • Knowledge of REST API environments, Git and SQL.
    • Experience with algorithms, data structures, databases, and software design.
    • Permission to work in the UK.

Our interview process:

• • An initial phone call (30 minutes) with the hiring manager
  • A take-home coding problem
  • A virtual on-site consisting of 3 rounds (45 minutes each). This comprises 2 technical interviews with SWEs and a behavioural interview with CTO. One technical interview will be a short algorithmic problem to assess your overall technical capabilities and communication skills. The other interview will run through a sample policy design and assess your intuition for building voice-based systems.

 

Benefits:

💰  Participation in the company’s employee share options plan

🏝  25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

🏡  Flexible working from home policy plus a one-off WFH allowance when you join 

🌎  Work from outside of the UK for up to 6 months each year

🧡  Enhanced parental leave

📚  Yearly learning budget

🏥  Private healthcare and dental cover, discounts on gym members and relaxation apps, and access to a range of mental health programs

 

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Equal Opportunity Statement:

PolyAI is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

All employment decisions at PolyAI will be based on the business needs without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, neurodiversity status or disability status.

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