Principal AI Platform Engineer

Job summary

Vodafone is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the technical direction of an AI-native Internal Developer Platform, focusing on enabling product and engineering teams to build and deploy software efficiently.

Qualifications

• Experienced in designing and operating internal developer platforms
• Expertise across cloud platforms
• Proficient in at least one modern programming language
• Advocate for AI-native engineering practices
• Familiar with platform-as-a-product principles
• Skilled in defining reliability objectives
• Able to engage and influence senior stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical roadmap for the Internal Developer Platform
• Design and deliver self-service capabilities and standard service templates
• Contribute to cloud-native platform architecture
• Integrate AI-assisted engineering workflows
• Establish governance and compliance guardrails
• Improve platform reliability using SLOs and observability practices
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams
• Drive efficiency through automation and standardisation

Skills

Relocation