Staff Agentic Engineer
John Lewis Partnership
In this role you collaborate with business users to uncover operational problems and rapidly prototype solutions. You will apply agentic AI and data insights to shape architecture and product roadmaps, working closely with cross-functional teams. Your work drives immediate value through prototyping and iterative demos while aligning technical patterns with business needs. This is a scale-rich retail tech environment where your impact shapes how teams operate and deliver value.
Pay / Benefits- hybrid working
- flexible working
- work-life balance
- employee-owned culture
- Collaborate with business users to understand poorly defined problems and identify opportunities to improve processes
- Build rapport with stakeholders and influence decision makers using strong communication
- Apply systems thinking, agentic AI, and data analysis to diagnose friction points
- Use agentic engineering to explore options for addressing business issues
- Prototype short-term, value-driven solutions in close collaboration with business users
- Inform architecture and product roadmaps via deep understanding of how business areas operate
- Java (or Kotlin) backend development experience
- Experience in agentic engineering and automated workflows
- Experience with agent orchestration frameworks and advanced prompt/context engineering
- Knowledge of state and memory management, deterministic guardrails, evaluations, and API integration
- Experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake) and cloud infrastructure (GCP)
- Able to translate data into actionable insights and communicate findings effectively
- Excellent communication and influencing ability
- Strong problem-solving and curiosity
- Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
- Java or Kotlin backend development
- Agentic engineering and automated workflows
- Agent orchestration frameworks and prompt engineering
Reference: WJ-747_31233104 · Posted 06 Nov 2026, 02:25 AM