At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and develop core data platforms for large-scale AI models.
- Company: Leading AI platform with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Exciting environment with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Join a cutting-edge team and shape the future of AI technology.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in backend systems, strong communication, and mentoring skills.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
A leading AI platform is seeking a Platform Engineer to drive the design and development of core data storage, streaming, caching, and indexing platforms that support large‑scale AI models.
Responsibilities:
- Drive the design, implementation, and reliability of our foundational data platforms and systems, working closely with stakeholders and internal customers to understand and refine requirements.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.
- Proactively identify opportunities for and drive improvements to current programming practices, including process enhancements and tool upgrades.
- Present technical information to teams and stakeholders, providing guidance and insight on development processes and technologies.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of full‑time engineering experience, focusing on backend systems for large‑scale data storage, streaming, and warehousing.
- Experience with database technologies (MongoDB, Postgres), streaming/processing solutions (Kinesis, Flink, Spark), indexing/caching (ElasticSearch, Redis), and query engines (Trino, Presto, Snowflake).
- Track record of mentoring and leading teams in successful projects.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
- Fluent experience with containerization and deployment technologies such as Kubernetes and major public cloud platforms.
- Extensive experience in software development and a deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms, and data systems.
Nice to haves:
- Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and CI/CD tooling (e.g., CircleCI).
- Experience scaling products at hyper‑growth startups.
- Excitement to work with AI technologies.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or veteran status. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us.
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