AI Engineer

Role Title: AI Feature Engineer (L3)

Reporting to: Head of Engineering

Introduction to The Bunch

At Bunch, we believe managing your home bills should take minutes — not months of chasing. So we’ve built the smartest way to handle shared household costs, starting with a single fixed monthly payment that covers everything from energy to broadband to water. No more awkward money chats. No more missed due dates. No more stress.

We exist to give people back their time, their headspace, and a bit of sanity. Because in a world that’s always on, admin shouldn’t be another full-time job.

We’re a fast-growing team with a rebellious streak. We challenge the way things have always been done and ask: how can this be smarter, easier, better for the customer?

We’re looking for people who are bold, human, and obsessed with making things simpler. People who thrive in fast-paced environments, love solving real-world problems, and care deeply about the impact their work has.

Sound like you? Join the Bunch crew.

Position Summary

We’re looking for a curious, growth-driven AI Feature Engineer to strengthen our development pillar and accelerate our vision to make bill management effortless.

You’ll primarily focus on building and maintaining internal API interfaces, data flow standards, and integration patterns, and frontend services. This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll deliver features, improve systems, and with clear ownership of small to medium systems and epics, operating as an L3 Owner driving technical outcomes and mentoring peers.

You’ll report directly to our Head of Engineering and work closely with peers across frontend, QA, and operations to deliver outcomes that keep our platform resilient, scalable, and delightful for users.

Role Accountabilities

Develop, test, and maintain internal API interfaces and backend services that connect third-party partners and internal tools.

Contribute to our integration patterns and data flow standards, reducing technical debt and increasing reliability.

Actively document and share system knowledge, strengthening team resilience.

Seek ways to automate repeat tasks and propose tooling improvements to enhance developer productivity.

Help embed quality through shared test harnesses and observability improvements.

Deliver tickets aligned to epics and roadmap priorities, communicating progress and raising risks early.

Partner with the Head of Engineering to thoughtfully slice work, balancing delivery pace with technical quality.

Act as the go-to person for your owned systems, setting standards and proactively aligning them with architectural direction.

Mentor peers and help elevate the technical quality of the broader team.

Statement of Other Duties

This document describes the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. Role holders may be asked to perform job-related duties and help out beyond those explicitly described.

Behaviours

General Key Behaviours of Bunch

Specific Key Behaviours for this Role

DELIVERY: We get stuck in, overcome setbacks, and hold ourselves accountable

Takes ownership of systems and initiatives, tying work back to user impact.

GOOD VIBES: We aim to be a positive and friendly place, where people want to be.

Brings positivity, curiosity, and respect into team rituals.

ONE TEAM: We work collaboratively across the organisation in the interests of our customers and wider outcomes.

Embraces feedback and helps peers stretch their comfort zones.

GROWTH: We strive to grow ourselves, and the Company.

Proactively influences system design beyond immediate ownership, contributing to cross-team architectural discussions.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

Desirable

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Additional certifications in backend systems, cloud platforms, or related specialisms.

Experience

4+ years building software products in a commercial environment with increasing ownership, including leading delivery of features or systems.

Exposure to high-autonomy, AI Driven Development, high-ownership environments with a lean, systems-led culture.

Key Skills

Solid grasp of modern engineering practices (testing, CI/CD, design patterns). Comfortable with iterative delivery, breaking down complex problems into pragmatic steps. A drive to develop mastery in systems you build, with an eye toward owning small systems or epics. Enthusiastic collaborator across functions (frontend, QA, product). Clear communicator who takes initiative and flags blockers early.

Experience owning significant systems or services end-to-end, mentoring other engineers, and shaping integration or design patterns. Exposure to shaping technical strategy or leading architecture reviews.

Document Prepared By

Simon Chapman

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