<p>At <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/squirro">Squirro</a>, we build solutions that bring structure, clarity, and insight to messy real-world data. Our work sits at the intersection of AI, search, and real business impact — used daily by leading organizations like the Bank of England, Standard Chartered, and the European Central Bank. <br><br>We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering team in EMEA, helping build and scale the next generation of intelligent search and generative AI solutions.</p><h3>What You’ll Do</h3><ul><li>Engineer with purpose: Design, implement, and improve search and AI components powering our platform — where performance, scalability, and reliability really matter. </li><li>Solve hard problems: Work across NLP, retrieval, generative AI, and distributed systems to build features that make messy data usable and valuable. </li><li>Collaborate: Partner closely with product and fellow engineers — turning ideas into concrete solutions that work at scale. </li><li>Keep it simple: Bring clarity to complexity. Cut through noise with clean designs, maintainable code, and practical solutions. </li><li>Own it: Take responsibility from design to deployment, measuring and improving your work with the right metrics. </li></ul><h3>What You Bring</h3><ul><li>Strong experience building and scaling backend systems — ideally search- or data-heavy, and in Python. </li><li>Solid knowledge of Elasticsearch (or similar) and distributed systems fundamentals. </li><li>Familiarity with NLP techniques, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or broader AI/ML concepts (or the curiosity to go deep fast). </li><li>A pragmatic mindset: you care about results, reliability, and simplicity, not just shiny tech. </li><li>Comfort working in a collaborative, fast-moving environment where ideas quickly turn into production.</li></ul><h3>Why Join Us</h3><ul><li>Impact: Your work won’t disappear into a pipeline — you’ll see it used by some of the world’s leading organizations. </li><li>Growth: Work on cutting-edge problems in AI and search, alongside experienced engineers who value curiosity and learning. </li><li>Culture: Agile, startup-like, with quick decision-making and plenty of room to contribute ideas. </li><li>Balance: We believe in continuous feedback, lifelong learning, and supporting personal growth.</li></ul><h3>About <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/squirro">Squirro</a></h3><p><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/squirro">Squirro</a> is the enterprise AI platform built for regulated industries, streamlining enterprise search and automating complex, custom workflows. Secure, private, scalable, permissions-aware, and fully auditable, the platform ensures that every result is accurate and verifiable. <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/squirro">Squirro</a> powers agentic AI applications that are grounded in the organization’s unique enterprise ontology.</p><p>Further information about AI-driven busi