How robust are supply chains in this age of globalisation?

Recent experience shows not nearly enough.

In the last year we've seen toilet roll stockpiling at the start of the pandemic...

Semiconductor shortages stopping smartphone or electric car production...

Evidence of Modern Slavery in the fashion industry supply chain...

Myriad shortages caused by the Suez Canal blockage...

Container ships queued outside ports for weeks due to lorry driver shortages...

Warnings of empty Christmas stockings…

An imperative to reach Net Zero.

At Versed AI we're helping companies take action to address these issues with AI-powered supply chain visibility to multiple levels.

Our tech is cutting edge AI (NLP & ML) that surfaces previously-unknown supplier relationships. Our customers use this insight to make better decisions and take meaningful action - improving their supply chain's resilience, environmental and ethical performance.

Spun out from our CTO's PhD research at Cambridge University and backed by Founders Factory, Innovate UK, the Royal Academy of Engineering and member of Tech Nation's Applied AI 2021 cohort, we're now looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help us scale.

https://www.versed.ai/

We’re looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to drive the next evolution of our technology architecture, and lead the Development Team. Key phases of the evolution include expanding our knowledge graph, scaling our tech and transitioning from DaaS to SaaS. By enabling our customers to visualise and interact with their supply chain maps, underpinned by high quality data, they can come to better decisions, faster. 

You’ll be using your full stack skillset to shape the tech architecture, build our SaaS whilst optimising tech debt and lead the development team during sprints. From a technical standpoint, this role will involve extensive use of Python, ElasticSearch and React.

You’ll also be working closely with our CTO and Head of Product to feed back into the requirements capture and speccing process - to ensure that they maximise the effectiveness of each sprint. 

This is a pivotal role in our team. The recent global supply chain issues have increased demand for Versed AI’s data, accelerated our product roadmap and doubled the size of our development team in the last 6 months. We’re looking for someone with practical experience building SaaS to lead our skilled development team and build a game-changing SaaS product for our customers. We expect this high growth to continue, and you’ll have a key role in shaping the future of tech development at Versed AI.

If you’d like to make a big impact at an exciting, fast-growing start-up, we’d love to hear from you!

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop the technology architecture supporting both DaaS and SaaS products

• Guide the development of the SaaS product

• Lead the development team during sprints

• Provide feedback to the CTO and Head of Product to help optimise requirements capture & speccing processes

• Ensure appropriate testing is undertaken

• Ensure quality documentation is produced

• 5 years of experience in software development roles - full stack developer

• Experience in Python essential, React and ElasticSearch are highly desirable.

• Experience developing B2B SaaS applications

• Previous experience of managing a development team 

• Scrum Master experience (or equivalent) highly desirable

Culture

You'll be joining a tight-knit team through the exciting stages of growing an AI tech business.

Our values are impactful and trusted - precisely what you'll be when you're helping the team to create game-changing value for Versed AI clients, particularly complex manufacturers.

We have a diverse range of nationalities in the team with locations spread across the UK, so you'll be joining a team comfortable with flexible working. We operate a mix of fully-remote and hybrid working (1-2 office days per week), so you'll be able to choose the best arrangement to suit your personal preference.

Perks/Benefits

• £65k-£75k salary depending on experience
• Flexible working location - we've been a virtual team since we started and also have access to co-working spaces in London and across the UK via our partnership with Flowspace.
• Flexible working times - whilst you’ll be doing a full-time role, some of us work better at different times of day. We’re happy to agree working schedules that align with your best times, as long as there is enough overlap with the team to appropriately carry out your role
• 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Directly contribute to the growth of a VC-backed, Cambridge AI spin-out that's developing world-leading tech
• The chance to solve difficult problems and ownership of the solutions to those problems
• Opportunity to learn rapidly - you’ll be working with experienced tech pioneers in a fast-paced company and industry.
• As a growing company, there will be opportunities for career progression as we bring new clients onboard and expand the team.