AI Platform Engineer — Scale AI Workloads

Barclays UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Greater London is seeking an AI Platform Engineer to shape the future of AI in their organization. You will design, build, and scale platform components for AI-driven applications while collaborating with diverse teams. The ideal candidate should have expertise in Python and AWS services, with a strong focus on developing scalable AI workloads. This role offers the opportunity to influence the technical direction of innovative solutions in the finance sector and adhere to secure coding practices.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Python engineering, with a focus on backend and infrastructure tooling.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services for cloud platforms.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality software solutions using aligned programming languages.
• Collaborate across teams to define software requirements and integration.
• Stay informed of industry trends and contribute to tech communities.

Skills

Python engineering

AWS services (IAM, KMS, etc.)

AI/ML workloads scaling

Secure software development

Communication of technical concepts

Tools

Databricks

SageMaker

Hugging Face libraries

Job description

A leading financial services firm in Greater London is seeking an AI Platform Engineer to shape the future of AI in their organization. You will design, build, and scale platform components for AI-driven applications while collaborating with diverse teams. The ideal candidate should have expertise in Python and AWS services, with a strong focus on developing scalable AI workloads. This role offers the opportunity to influence the technical direction of innovative solutions in the finance sector and adhere to secure coding practices.