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Principal AI Platform Engineer
Leonardo · Edinburgh, SCT, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, SCT, United KingdomHybrid
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Edinburgh, SCT, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The Senior or Principal AI Platform Engineer builds and operates the platform layer above managed GPU infrastructure, providing engineering teams with secure, reliable access to AI models and inference services. The role covers model serving, inference runtimes, AI gateways, observability, performance, and troubleshooting, using technologies such as containers, Kubernetes, vLLM, and AI gateways. It also establishes standards for secure enterprise AI operations, including environments without internet access.
Benefits
Up to 12 additional flexi-days annuallyPension contribution of up to 15%Bonus schemeMental health support and financial adviceAccess to more than 4,000 online coursesEmployee referral rewardFlexible benefits allowance of up to £500 annuallyHybrid working options
Qualifications
- Experience operating shared or business-critical platforms
- Familiarity with large language models and the practical considerations of running them
- Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and performance issues
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code and CI/CD
- Effective communication and stakeholder engagement
- Eligibility for full security clearance
Responsibilities
- Own the platform layer above managed GPU infrastructure, including model serving, inference runtimes, AI gateways, and supporting services.
- Deploy and operate scalable inference services.
- Improve platform observability and performance.
- Investigate complex platform issues.
- Establish engineering standards for secure enterprise AI services, including systems without internet access.
Skills
BashDockerGoKubernetesLinuxPythonPrometheus
Work schedule
Flexible hours
Industry
AerospaceDefenceSecurity
Security clearance
Must be eligible for full security clearance
Relocation
No