Senior Automation and AI Engineer

Location: Farnborough, UK

Senior Automation and AI Engineer (m/f/d)

Bristol/Farnborough UK | Zwolle Netherlands | Riga Latvia | Stockholm Sweden | Frankfurt Germany

Hybrid and Remote options

Pax8 is hiring a Senior Automation and AI Engineer across the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Latvia, Germany and Sweden to raise the technical maturity, security and scalability of the automation and artificial intelligence solutions powering our global business.

Build what great looks like

This is an opportunity to become the technical quality leader behind the Rapid Innovation Team's growing portfolio of automation and artificial intelligence solutions. You’ll combine hands-on engineering with architecture, technical assurance and mentoring, helping us move from manual reviews to automated, continuously monitored controls.

As Pax8 invests further in artificial intelligence, you’ll grow alongside emerging technology, shape new engineering methods and influence how secure, scalable solutions are delivered across the business. This is a senior individual contributor role with significant ownership, visibility and room to create a lasting technical legacy.

Bring your ideas to a growing global team

At Pax8, technology is personal. We combine the energy and flexibility of a growing business with the reach of an international cloud marketplace. You’ll join a collaborative environment where curiosity, candid communication, shared learning and ownership matter.

Discover more about the Pax8 Marketplace and explore our culture, values and people.

What you’ll shape and deliver

• Design and build automation and artificial intelligence solutions that solve real business and partner challenges.
• Establish the technical patterns, architecture principles and quality standards that enable teams to build securely and consistently.
• Create automated cybersecurity, policy and technical-feasibility checks, replacing repetitive manual reviews with scalable assurance.
• Review artificial intelligence solutions and provide practical guidance before they move into production.
• Build monitoring approaches that make the health, quality and security of delivered solutions visible over time.
• Act as a trusted technical escalation point, helping engineers navigate complex automation, artificial intelligence and architecture decisions.
• Remain hands-on with delivery while mentoring colleagues and improving capability across the wider team.
• Collaborate with various technology functions, builders, and business leaders across Pax8.
• Support advisory and enablement activity by translating complex technology into clear decisions and useful outcomes.
• Keep pace with emerging technologies and evolving cybersecurity expectations, applying what matters rather than following trends for their own sake.
• Contribute to team learning through documentation, reusable models, coaching and practical knowledge-sharing.
• Take part in occasional team gatherings, including a quarterly team offsite.

The impact you’ll make

Your work will help ensure that every automation and artificial intelligence solution is built with quality, security and long-term sustainability in mind. You’ll give teams clearer technical guardrails, reduce manual assurance work and create a scalable model for checking the health of what we build.

Just as importantly, you’ll help other engineers recognise what great looks like, ask better technical questions and deliver with greater confidence.

You could be a great fit if you bring

Substantial hands-on experience developing and architecting production technology solutions for an internal or external user base.

Proven experience contributing to product or engineering teams and taking technical ownership beyond your individual assignments.

The ability to operate as a technical lead while remaining comfortable building and delivering solutions yourself.

Demonstrated knowledge of automation platforms and agent-building technologies - experience with tools such as n8n, Claude, Microsoft Power Platform, Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, Fabric, Microsoft Lists, or Microsoft Foundry would be valuable.

Confidence designing applications, automated workflows, artificial intelligence solutions, reports or operational dashboards.

A practical understanding of secure engineering, technical assurance and architecture principles.

The ability to distinguish efficient, maintainable engineering from solutions that introduce avoidable complexity.

Experience working with stakeholders to uncover needs, ask the right questions and take solutions from initial scope through delivery.

Clear English communication, including the ability to explain complex technical decisions to different audiences.

A structured approach to competing priorities, detail and changing requirements.

Comfort working with ambiguity and helping shape methods that are still evolving.

Hands-on artificial intelligence or automation delivery experience. Experience in a growing or start-up-style environment would also be useful.

A relevant degree, equivalent practical experience or applicable technical certification.

Trust, authenticity and how we hire

At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust based relationships — starting with how we hire.

To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you're applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we're excited to meet you.

We also use thoughtfully applied AI-enabled tools to support our hiring process. These tools may assist with tasks such as reviewing or prioritising applications, but hiring decisions are made by our people. More information is available in our Recruitment Privacy Notice. If you have questions about how we hire or would prefer not to have your application supported by these tools, you can opt out at any part of our process.

Your experience matters

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria. We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring and sharing your transferrable skills. To fulfil this role, you must hold valid right to work in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Latvia, Germany or Sweden, depending on the country in which you apply.

Salary and benefits

The advertised UK salary range is up to £60,000. Compensation for the Netherlands, Latvia, Germany and Sweden will be aligned to the applicable local market.

United Kingdom

• Salary range is up to £60,000 depending on experience
• Bonus: Annual performance bonus
• Long term Incentive Plan (Stock Options)
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Private healthcare covered by Bupa
• Dental Plan covered by Bupa

Life Assurance

Income Protection

• Royal London Workplace pension scheme – 5% employer contribution
• Pax8 Cycle to Work Support Scheme Available
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Netherlands

• Bonus: Annual performance bonus
• Long term incentive plan (Stock options)
• Time Off: 26 days annual leave + 8% holiday allowance
• Reimbursement for travel expenses
• Hybrid Work: Flexibility to work from home and our Zwolle office
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Latvia

Bonus: Annual performance bonus

Long term investment plan (Stock options)

Private Health Insurance

Gym Subscription

• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Germany

• Bonus: Annual performance bonus
• Long term Incentive Plan (Stock Options)
• 30 days of paid leave
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Sweden

Bonus: Annual performance bonus

Long term Incentive Plan (Stock Options)

Medical Treatment Insurance

Life and Accident Insurance

Long Term Disability Insurance

Competitive Pension Coverage

• 5000SEK Annual health and wellbeing allowance
• Dedicated time for training and personal development
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• Health & Wellbeing coaching support
• Fun and frequent company and team socials

Work where collaboration comes naturally

At Pax8, our offices are built with our people in mind and they reflect how we work best They are all open, welcoming spaces that fuel collaboration, encourage creativity, and make it easy to connect, contribute, and have a little fun along the way.

This position is open across multiple Pax8 locations in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Latvia, Germany and Sweden. The role follows a hybrid working pattern, with the specific office and attendance expectations confirmed for your country during the recruitment process.

Pre-employment checks

As part of our hiring process, we are required to undertake pre-employment checks on all candidates that are successful in their application with Pax8. As part of these checks Pax8 will request ID verification, reference requests and qualification checks (additional checks may be completed for certain countries, such as criminal and financial). All checks are completed by our third-party provider, First Advantage. Once checks have been completed all candidates will receive a copy for their records.

Equal opportunities

Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for. Offered individuals will be asked to undertake identity, security compliance and reference checks. Your privacy is important to us.

Your data will be held in accordance with local best practices and processed only in accordance with our recruiting processes.

Privacy notice: https://www.pax8.com/en-us/terms/job-applicant-privacy-notice/

Additional Locations: Stockholm, Sweden, Germany, Zwolle, Netherlands, Frankfurt, DE, Riga, Latvia, Bristol, UK