Platform Engineer, Faculty

About the Role

You are a Software Engineer who is passionate about building internal tools and takes pride in creating the foundational systems that enable others to excel. You understand the nuances of the machine learning product lifecycle and have a clear vision for how to move models efficiently from exploration to production. You possess modern systems programming skills in Python or Go, and you are comfortable selecting the best-fit technology for complex infrastructure challenges. You bring practical experience with containerisation and orchestration, specifically using Docker and Kubernetes to manage distributed systems at scale. You have a strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation, combined with a deep interest in DevSecOps practices. You thrive in small, ambitious teams where you can take high levels of ownership and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical peers. If you don’t feel you meet all the requirements, but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths, please don't hesitate in applying as you might be right for this role, or other roles.

What the job involves

As a Software Engineer in the AI Platform team, you will be the architect of the infrastructure that makes world-class AI possible. Working closely with the Applied AI team, you’ll be building and maintaining the data science, MLOps, and deployment tooling that empowers our team of over 100 Data Scientists and Engineers. You will take ownership of the platform that enables us to transition from complex exploration to full-stack, production-grade machine learning products, ensuring our solutions are high-performing, scalable, and seamlessly integrated into diverse client environments. Taking ownership of our existing deployment and MLOps tooling to ensure our software delivery remains a significant lever for quality and reliability. Contributing to the continuous evolution of our technology stack, from building new features in our notebook development environments to refining model monitoring systems. Collaborating with a small, fast-moving team of customer-facing technologists to design and build the infrastructure our delivery teams need to succeed. Designing and implementing infrastructure-as-code and DevSecOps processes to support distributed, containerised microservices architectures. Integrating our core platform services across multiple cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, and GCP, to provide flexible solutions for our global clients. Scaling our internal enablement capabilities, acting as an entrepreneurial force that removes technical friction and accelerates the deployment of machine learning. We are open to conversations about part-time hours.

Application process

• Talent Team Screen (30 minutes)
• Pair Programming Interview (90 minutes)
• System Design Interview (90 minutes)
• Commercial Interview (60 minutes)

Salary benchmarks

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Company benefits

• Dental cover - 100% of dental fees covered, up to £500, including checkups and hygienist.
• Optical Cover - 100% of the cost of prescribed glasses and contact lenses up to £300 a year.
• Hybrid working: We believe people have needs, responsibilities and interests that require something different to a strict working day. We trust people to organise and take accountability for their own work and do our best to support their lives outside [Employer hidden]. We provide you with all you need to work from home, including a laptop, keyboard and chair.
• Unlimited holidays: We encourage each other to use this time to take a break, work on personal projects, or to spend time with their friends and family
• Fantastic private health, for you & your family - including 24/7 unlimited virtual private GP appointments and covering pre-existing medical conditions
• Access to mental health coaching with Sanctus
• Lunch weekly, and more fruit, drinks and snacks than you could ever eat (for office-based employees)
• We work hard and make sure we enjoy what we do. So we have frequent socials and informal get-togethers to help make sure you enjoy your time with us. You’ll make friends and professional connections that will last a lifetime
• Paid Maternity, Paternity, Adoption or Shared Parental Leave - we offer a progressive, gender neutral and generous parental leave policy here at [Employer hidden]. All parents are given 15 weeks leave at full pay in addition to statutory time off after 12 months of service.