AI Platform Engineer

Accelerant; Greater London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelerant is seeking a senior AI Platform Engineer to lead production AI agents and reusable components. You will work across squads and AI Guilds to translate AI strategy into scalable solutions, collaborating with DevOps, Compliance, and ARX PS teams. The role emphasizes reliability, observability, and cost-aware AI tooling.

Location: Remote flexible in the UK with right to work; you will co-own AI environments and drive practical AI implementations across the organization.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years software engineering experience.
• Experience building agents or AI workflows.
• Experience with vector databases and API orchestration.
• Strong systems thinking.

Responsibilities

• Build production AI agents and services.
• Develop reusable AI components and workflows.
• Prototype and productionize AI use cases.
• Support development teams on AI implementations.
• Collaborate with Compliance and ARX PS teams.
• Co-own AI workflow environments (e.g., n8n) with DevOps.
• Contribute to AI pattern development alongside AI Platform Architect.
• Maintain reference implementations.
• Improve AI reliability and observability.
• Design and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.
• Implement prompt management, versioning, and evaluation tooling.
• Establish AI observability, monitoring, and cost tracking practices.

Skills

AI workflows

Vector databases

API orchestration

Systems thinking

Tools

n8n

Job description

Accelerant is a data-driven risk exchange connecting underwriters of specialty insurance risk with risk capital providers. Accelerant was founded in 2018 by a group of longtime insurance industry executives and technology experts who shared a vision of rebuilding the way risk is exchanged - so that it works better, for everyone. The Accelerant risk exchange does business across more than 20 different countries and 250 specialty products, and we are proud that our insurers have been awarded an AM Best A- (Excellent) rating. For more information, please visit www.accelerant.ai.

Role Summary

The AI Platform Engineer is a senior, hands-on technical leader responsible for building production AI agents, reusable AI components, and cross-organizational AI implementations.

This role works across squads, AI Guilds, and AI driven development initiative to translate AI strategy into practical, scalable solutions.

Core Responsibilities

• Build production AI agents and services
• Develop reusable AI components and workflows
• Prototype and productionize AI use cases
• Support development teams on AI implementations
• Collaborate with Compliance and ARX PS teams
• Co-own AI workflow environments (e.g., n8n) with DevOps
• Contribute to AI pattern development alongside AI Platform Architect
• Maintain reference implementations
• Improve AI reliability and observability
• Design and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.
• Implement prompt management, versioning, and evaluation tooling.
• Establish AI observability, monitoring, and cost tracking practices.

Operating Model

• Works in close partnership with AI Platform Architect
• Engages directly with development teams
• Provides hands-on support for AI-driven Development initiatives
• Contributes to AI standards evolution through implementation feedback

Required Experience

• 6-8+ years software engineering experience
• Experience building agents or AI workflows
• Experience with vector databases and API orchestration
• Strong systems thinking

Location: Remote flexible but candidates must hold valid right to work in the UK.