Ecommerce AI Engineer – Hybrid Contract

About the role

Salt Search is partnering with a forward‑thinking AI and digital commerce company to hire an Ecommerce AI Engineer. You will work in a hybrid setting, building AI‑driven ecommerce platforms, digital tools and intelligent agents that boost customer experience and business performance.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and launch WordPress‑based websites, integrating booking engines, payment gateways and customer portals.
• Optimise site performance, security, accessibility, technical SEO and conversion rates.
• Manage GA4, Google Tag Manager, Search Console, Google Ads tracking and run A/B tests.
• Analyse customer journeys, create lead‑generation funnels and revenue‑tracking solutions.
• Build AI assistants for web, WhatsApp, email and other channels using OpenAI APIs, LLMs, RAG, embeddings and vector search.
• Connect AI agents to CRM, booking and customer‑service platforms and automate enquiries, lead qualification and follow‑up communications.
• Integrate third‑party systems via APIs, webhooks and data pipelines; create dashboards and reporting tools.
• Identify commercial innovation opportunities, evaluate build‑versus‑buy decisions and recommend AI‑enabled solutions.

Required profile

• Proven experience combining software engineering, AI implementation and commercial problem‑solving.
• Ability to translate business requirements into measurable technology solutions.

Required skills

• WordPress development
• Booking engine and payment system integration
• GA4, Google Tag Manager, Search Console, Google Ads
• A/B testing and conversion optimisation
• OpenAI APIs, large language models, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, vector search
• API integration, webhooks, data pipelines
• Dashboard and reporting tool creation
• Monitoring, testing and system reliability practices