Vallum Associates
Senior Software Engineer - AWS/Azure & AI

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About the Role
We’re looking to augment our engineering team to support the build-out of our Finance AI capability.
At this stage, we’re not looking for AI researchers or consultants to define the strategy. We have a clear architectural direction and product roadmap in place. What we need are experienced engineers who can help us execute against that vision.
Requirements
We’re primarily looking for senior cloud-native software engineers with 10+ years’ engineering experience building modern enterprise platforms. The ideal candidates will have strong engineering fundamentals across areas such as:
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I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
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StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
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Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
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- Java and/or Python
- Cloud-native application development
- Kubernetes
- Microservices and APIs
- Event-driven architecture
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
Experience integrating AI capabilities into enterprise applications would be highly desirable, including areas such as LLM integration, RAG, AI orchestration, or agent frameworks, but this should complement strong engineering capability rather than replace it.
We’re looking for engineers who are comfortable working as part of an existing product and engineering team, following our technical direction, engineering standards, and delivery approach, while contributing ideas and challenging where appropriate. The emphasis is on building and engineering excellence rather than consulting.


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Engagement
Initially, we’re expecting an engagement of approximately 3–5 engineers, with a mix of senior cloud-native engineers and ideally one individual with deeper AI platform expertise who can help establish engineering patterns and mentor the wider team.
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