Bright Software Group
City, Belfast
Software Engineer - Maternity Cover Department: Development Employment Type: Contract / Temp Location: Belfast Description Who are we? At Bright, we create cutting-edge software for accounting, payroll, tax, and practice management, supported by a team of talented individuals who are passionate about making a difference. Together, we lead the industry with innovative solutions and unparalleled customer support. We're all about creating opportunities for businesses to succeed-and for you to shine. Join us, and be part of a supportive, collaborative team that values your voice and contributions. The Opportunity We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our central services team, contributing to products and services that help unify our suite of cloud solutions. This role focuses on developing high-quality, scalable backend applications using C# and .NET, with SQL as the primary data layer. You will work collaboratively across cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, business-critical projects, with opportunities to contribute to front-end development in JavaScript and leverage cloud infrastructure on Azure. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain web-based applications and services, ensuring robust, efficient, and scalable performance. Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code that meets Bright's engineering standards. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, QA, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Work with the team to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues promptly and effectively. Configure and maintain automated tests and CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and efficient software delivery. Identify and act on opportunities to improve development practices, tools, code health, and maintainability in collaboration with the wider engineering community. Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in software engineering. Foster a collaborative environment by working closely within cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery. Engage with AI tooling and productivity features as part of your day-to-day workflow, using tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar to enhance development efficiency and code quality. What are we looking for? Essential Commercial experience developing web-based applications with C# and .NET. Experience with relational databases, including writing and optimising SQL queries. Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure. Experience working in a fast-moving Agile environment. Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools. Self-driven with a genuine interest in growing your skills and knowledge. Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams. Desirable Experience building web front ends using JavaScript and modern frameworks such as React or Blazor. Familiarity with unit testing or test-driven development (TDD). Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes. Understanding of SOLID principles and software design patterns (MVVM, MVC, microservices). Knowledge of RESTful API design and development. AI Awareness & Adoption AI is becoming an integral part of how we work at Bright, and we want our engineers to be part of that journey. You don't need hands on AI development experience for this role, but we do value an openness to AI tools and a curiosity about how they can improve the way we build software. Comfortable using AI assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar to support coding, code review, and documentation tasks. An awareness of how large language models (LLMs) and AI powered features are being applied in software products. A willingness to engage with and learn about AI capabilities as part of your ongoing professional development. An interest in how AI can be used to improve development workflows, reduce toil, and support higher quality output. Benefits include: Annual performance bonus 25 days annual leave Company pension of up to 5% company contribution Health insurance Life insurance Hybrid Woking opportunities Educational Assistance Family Supportive Free Parking Company Events
Software Engineer - Maternity Cover Department: Development Employment Type: Contract / Temp Location: Belfast Description Who are we? At Bright, we create cutting-edge software for accounting, payroll, tax, and practice management, supported by a team of talented individuals who are passionate about making a difference. Together, we lead the industry with innovative solutions and unparalleled customer support. We're all about creating opportunities for businesses to succeed-and for you to shine. Join us, and be part of a supportive, collaborative team that values your voice and contributions. The Opportunity We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our central services team, contributing to products and services that help unify our suite of cloud solutions. This role focuses on developing high-quality, scalable backend applications using C# and .NET, with SQL as the primary data layer. You will work collaboratively across cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, business-critical projects, with opportunities to contribute to front-end development in JavaScript and leverage cloud infrastructure on Azure. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain web-based applications and services, ensuring robust, efficient, and scalable performance. Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code that meets Bright's engineering standards. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, QA, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Work with the team to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues promptly and effectively. Configure and maintain automated tests and CI/CD pipelines to support reliable and efficient software delivery. Identify and act on opportunities to improve development practices, tools, code health, and maintainability in collaboration with the wider engineering community. Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in software engineering. Foster a collaborative environment by working closely within cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery. Engage with AI tooling and productivity features as part of your day-to-day workflow, using tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar to enhance development efficiency and code quality. What are we looking for? Essential Commercial experience developing web-based applications with C# and .NET. Experience with relational databases, including writing and optimising SQL queries. Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure. Experience working in a fast-moving Agile environment. Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools. Self-driven with a genuine interest in growing your skills and knowledge. Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams. Desirable Experience building web front ends using JavaScript and modern frameworks such as React or Blazor. Familiarity with unit testing or test-driven development (TDD). Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes. Understanding of SOLID principles and software design patterns (MVVM, MVC, microservices). Knowledge of RESTful API design and development. AI Awareness & Adoption AI is becoming an integral part of how we work at Bright, and we want our engineers to be part of that journey. You don't need hands on AI development experience for this role, but we do value an openness to AI tools and a curiosity about how they can improve the way we build software. Comfortable using AI assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar to support coding, code review, and documentation tasks. An awareness of how large language models (LLMs) and AI powered features are being applied in software products. A willingness to engage with and learn about AI capabilities as part of your ongoing professional development. An interest in how AI can be used to improve development workflows, reduce toil, and support higher quality output. Benefits include: Annual performance bonus 25 days annual leave Company pension of up to 5% company contribution Health insurance Life insurance Hybrid Woking opportunities Educational Assistance Family Supportive Free Parking Company Events
Bright Software Group
City, Belfast
Senior Software Engineer - AI Team Department: AI Employment Type: Full Time Location: Belfast Description Who are we? At Bright, we've engineered cutting-edge software for accounting, payroll, tax, and practice management. We've assembled a team of top talent and stand ready to lead the industry with our superior software solutions and unparalleled customer support. We're brilliant people creating brilliant software! Join us in our mission to create brilliant software that empowers businesses to reach new heights. Our Products: Our award-winning software helps small businesses and accountants across Ireland and the UK manage their payroll, accounts and HR practices. We take the headache out of business management and provide cost effective, real solutions to accountants and business owners. The Role: As a Senior Software Engineer at Bright, you'll join a small, high-impact team building AI-powered features for our products. We're not building chatbots. We're building systems that automate end-to-end accounting workflows from document processing through to statutory filing to make a real impact on tens of thousands of our customers. Working in a self-contained squad with the autonomy to make commercial and technical decisions without being weighed down by bureaucracy, you'll be responsible for architecting and building production-grade AI solutions that solve real problems for our users. As a senior member of the team, you'll set technical direction, mentor others, and drive quality across the full stack. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Delivery Architect and implement scalable, production-ready AI-powered applications from front-end to back-end Design and build performant, secure back-end services that integrate with our AI platform Create user-friendly front-end interfaces for AI features using modern JavaScript frameworks or C# and Blazor Lead technical decision-making within your squad, balancing innovation with pragmatic delivery Drive best practices in code quality, testing, security, and observability AI Integration & Development Collaborate closely with the AI platform team to design and deliver compelling AI-first features and products Integrate AI capabilities seamlessly into existing Bright products, ensuring smooth user experiences Build responsive, intuitive UI components that make complex AI functionality accessible to end users Optimize AI service performance, cost, and reliability in production environments Quality & Continuous Improvement Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with comprehensive documentation Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and deployment Identify opportunities for process improvements and contribute to enhancement of development practices, testability, tools, code health and maintainability across the engineering community Foster a collaborative environment by working closely within cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery Mentorship & Culture Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy Help shape team culture and engineering standards Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Full stack software engineering experience building production applications for the web. Proven production experience building software powered by LLMs/GenAI/ML models - not demos or prototypes, but real systems serving users Strong full-stack capability with expertise in: Modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, etc.) or Blazor for front-end development C# .NET for back-end services RESTful API design and implementation HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design principles Cloud platform experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP Production systems mindset including observability, testing, security, and reliability Agile delivery experience in fast-paced, iterative environments Strong collaboration and communication skills working effectively with technical and product stakeholders Architectural thinking - ability to design scalable systems and make strategic technical decisions Desirable Skills and Experience Experience with multi-agent AI architectures where multiple specialised models collaborate to solve complex problems Hands on experience with vector databases and RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) systems Python proficiency for AI/ML development and data processing Experience with prompt engineering and LLM optimization Knowledge of MLOps practices and AI observability tools (e.g., Langfuse, LiteLLM) Understanding of cost optimization for AI systems in production Experience in B2B SaaS or domain specific software (accounting, payroll, professional services) Track record of mentoring junior engineers and driving technical standards What Makes You a Great Fit Learning Mindset: You're excited to learn new frameworks, tools and practices, particularly when it comes to AI. You stay current with emerging technologies and best practices. Systems Thinking: You understand how distributed systems work and can reason about failure modes, performance bottlenecks, and architectural trade offs. Pragmatic Approach: You balance perfect solutions with shipping value quickly. You understand when to optimize and when "good enough" enables faster learning. Commercial Awareness: You think about cost implications, customer value, and margin creation in your technical decisions. Collaboration: You work well with both technical and product stakeholders. You communicate technical concepts clearly to non technical audiences. Ownership: You take responsibility for your work from conception through development to production. You follow through on commitments and drive results. Hunter Mentality: You see opportunities, not just problems. You bring energy, optimism, and a can do attitude to challenges. Technical Excellence: You care deeply about code quality, testing, and building systems that are maintainable and reliable. Benefits What will you get? Competitive salary Performance based bonus 25 days annual leave Health Insurance Company pension Life insurance Company events On site parking Referral scheme Employee assistance programme
Senior Software Engineer - AI Team Department: AI Employment Type: Full Time Location: Belfast Description Who are we? At Bright, we've engineered cutting-edge software for accounting, payroll, tax, and practice management. We've assembled a team of top talent and stand ready to lead the industry with our superior software solutions and unparalleled customer support. We're brilliant people creating brilliant software! Join us in our mission to create brilliant software that empowers businesses to reach new heights. Our Products: Our award-winning software helps small businesses and accountants across Ireland and the UK manage their payroll, accounts and HR practices. We take the headache out of business management and provide cost effective, real solutions to accountants and business owners. The Role: As a Senior Software Engineer at Bright, you'll join a small, high-impact team building AI-powered features for our products. We're not building chatbots. We're building systems that automate end-to-end accounting workflows from document processing through to statutory filing to make a real impact on tens of thousands of our customers. Working in a self-contained squad with the autonomy to make commercial and technical decisions without being weighed down by bureaucracy, you'll be responsible for architecting and building production-grade AI solutions that solve real problems for our users. As a senior member of the team, you'll set technical direction, mentor others, and drive quality across the full stack. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Delivery Architect and implement scalable, production-ready AI-powered applications from front-end to back-end Design and build performant, secure back-end services that integrate with our AI platform Create user-friendly front-end interfaces for AI features using modern JavaScript frameworks or C# and Blazor Lead technical decision-making within your squad, balancing innovation with pragmatic delivery Drive best practices in code quality, testing, security, and observability AI Integration & Development Collaborate closely with the AI platform team to design and deliver compelling AI-first features and products Integrate AI capabilities seamlessly into existing Bright products, ensuring smooth user experiences Build responsive, intuitive UI components that make complex AI functionality accessible to end users Optimize AI service performance, cost, and reliability in production environments Quality & Continuous Improvement Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with comprehensive documentation Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and deployment Identify opportunities for process improvements and contribute to enhancement of development practices, testability, tools, code health and maintainability across the engineering community Foster a collaborative environment by working closely within cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery Mentorship & Culture Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy Help shape team culture and engineering standards Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Full stack software engineering experience building production applications for the web. Proven production experience building software powered by LLMs/GenAI/ML models - not demos or prototypes, but real systems serving users Strong full-stack capability with expertise in: Modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue, Angular, etc.) or Blazor for front-end development C# .NET for back-end services RESTful API design and implementation HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design principles Cloud platform experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP Production systems mindset including observability, testing, security, and reliability Agile delivery experience in fast-paced, iterative environments Strong collaboration and communication skills working effectively with technical and product stakeholders Architectural thinking - ability to design scalable systems and make strategic technical decisions Desirable Skills and Experience Experience with multi-agent AI architectures where multiple specialised models collaborate to solve complex problems Hands on experience with vector databases and RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) systems Python proficiency for AI/ML development and data processing Experience with prompt engineering and LLM optimization Knowledge of MLOps practices and AI observability tools (e.g., Langfuse, LiteLLM) Understanding of cost optimization for AI systems in production Experience in B2B SaaS or domain specific software (accounting, payroll, professional services) Track record of mentoring junior engineers and driving technical standards What Makes You a Great Fit Learning Mindset: You're excited to learn new frameworks, tools and practices, particularly when it comes to AI. You stay current with emerging technologies and best practices. Systems Thinking: You understand how distributed systems work and can reason about failure modes, performance bottlenecks, and architectural trade offs. Pragmatic Approach: You balance perfect solutions with shipping value quickly. You understand when to optimize and when "good enough" enables faster learning. Commercial Awareness: You think about cost implications, customer value, and margin creation in your technical decisions. Collaboration: You work well with both technical and product stakeholders. You communicate technical concepts clearly to non technical audiences. Ownership: You take responsibility for your work from conception through development to production. You follow through on commitments and drive results. Hunter Mentality: You see opportunities, not just problems. You bring energy, optimism, and a can do attitude to challenges. Technical Excellence: You care deeply about code quality, testing, and building systems that are maintainable and reliable. Benefits What will you get? Competitive salary Performance based bonus 25 days annual leave Health Insurance Company pension Life insurance Company events On site parking Referral scheme Employee assistance programme