What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior AI Python Engineer - FTC position at Partnerize?
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
The things you care about
At the heart of our platform we track performance marketing data and build a number of solutions to turn this data into useful information for our customers. We work with a lot of data, generating over a billion events across our infrastructure daily. We aim to make as much of this data available in real-time as possible, which is no mean feat at this scale! Our platform is powered by our REST APIs and everything is developed with an API-first approach.
The primary technologies we use are Python, PHP, JavaScript (React), and Kafka. Data is stored in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Druid and Redis. We are constantly evolving our platform and tools to take advantage of the ever-changing tech landscape. We deploy to production several times a day.
What you'll do
In this role, you'll divide your time between two key areas:
You are a software engineer with strong Python skills and experience applying AI in real-world systems. Specifically, you have:
We don't expect you to have everything, but it would be great if you also bring:
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization's success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
The things you care about
At the heart of our platform we track performance marketing data and build a number of solutions to turn this data into useful information for our customers. We work with a lot of data, generating over a billion events across our infrastructure daily. We aim to make as much of this data available in real-time as possible, which is no mean feat at this scale! Our platform is powered by our REST APIs and everything is developed with an API-first approach.
The primary technologies we use are Python, PHP, JavaScript (React), and Kafka. Data is stored in MySQL, PostgreSQL, Druid and Redis. We are constantly evolving our platform and tools to take advantage of the ever-changing tech landscape. We deploy to production several times a day.
What you'll do
In this role, you'll divide your time between two key areas:
- 50% AI agentic framework development - working with a dedicated team to design and extend internal AI tools that streamline operations and build new internal capabilities.
- 50% Partnerize platform development - contributing to the wider Partnerize product ecosystem, ensuring scalability and reliability for our customers.
- Build and maintain our agentic AI framework with input from stakeholders across the business.
- Contribute to the design and delivery of high-scale services that are resilient, fault-tolerant, and easy to maintain.
- Write clean, well-tested code with an eye on scalability and long-term maintainability.
- Collaborate with architects and engineers across different teams, balancing autonomy with teamwork.
You are a software engineer with strong Python skills and experience applying AI in real-world systems. Specifically, you have:
- Hands-on experience building applications with LLM APIs (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI).
- Knowledge of AI development frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or ADK.
- Experience building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines with vector databases (e.g. Pinecone, Chroma).
- Strong understanding of Python engineering, including Asyncio, FastAPI, and scalable distributed systems.
- Experience working with event streaming and data processing at scale (Kafka, similar).
- Solid grasp of computing fundamentals such as object-oriented programming, data structures, and system design.
- Practical experience with Agile delivery and modern engineering practices (clean code, TDD, CI/CD).
We don't expect you to have everything, but it would be great if you also bring:
- Experience with financial data processing.
- Familiarity with PHP systems and an interest in modernising legacy code.
- Operational awareness of Linux-based environments.
- 25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- 5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year
- Private Medical Insurance through Bupa
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization's success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
Privacy and data protection. The data collected as part of this application will be used for the recruitment process and any subsequent employment. You can find further information in Partnerize privacy policy here: https://partnerize.com/privacy-policy/
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Partnerize will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate or an approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Partnerize. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Partnerize property. Partnerize is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.
