Senior
AI Engineer
AI Engineer
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Requisition identifier: 202605018
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Location: Hong Kong
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Employment type: Full time
Description
We are seeking a skilled AI-enabled Software Engineer who can apply modern AI tools and platforms to accelerate software development, improve code quality, and build intelligent product features. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience using AI coding assistants and developer platforms such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or similar tools, combined with strong software engineering fundamentals and practical experience integrating APIs into production-ready applications.
Key Responsibilities
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Design, build, test, and deploy software applications that use AI capabilities to improve productivity, automation, and user experience.
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Use AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or similar platforms to support coding, debugging, refactoring, documentation, and test generation.
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Integrate AI services, LLM APIs, and third-party platforms into applications through well-designed, secure, and maintainable APIs.
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Develop and maintain backend services and APIs with a focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.
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Apply prompt engineering, workflow automation, and AI orchestration techniques to create practical AI-enabled features for business users and software teams.
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Evaluate and apply modern AI platforms, developer harnesses, and agentic coding workflows to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality and security.
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Collaborate with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into AI-enabled software solutions.
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Support CI/CD, version control, testing, monitoring, and deployment practices for AI-enabled applications and services.
Qualifications
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related field.
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8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with exposure to AI-enabled development workflows or AI-powered application features.
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Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Python, .NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar.
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Practical experience using AI coding tools or platforms such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, or comparable developer assistants.
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Experience designing, consuming, and integrating RESTful APIs, third-party services, cloud services, or LLM APIs.
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Understanding of software development lifecycle practices, including Git-based workflows, testing, CI/CD, code review, documentation, and secure coding.
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Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to learn and apply new AI development tools quickly.
What can we offer you?
In return you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including: a fantastic pension scheme, life insurance, medical insurance, flexible benefits and many other options and Corporate deals. We also adopt a hybrid working arrangement, whereby a combination of work-from-home and in office is adopted.
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