AI Platform Engineer: Secure, Scalable Inference & GPU

Leonardo; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Pension 15% employer contribution

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Coursera/LinkedIn Learning access

Refer a friend incentive

Private healthcare

Flexible hours

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK is recruiting AI Platform Engineers across all levels to shape, build and operate the infrastructure and services that underpin our AI platform, providing engineers with secure, reliable access to AI models and inference services. We offer a hybrid working model across multiple UK sites including Edinburgh, Luton, and Bristol.

You will own the platform layer above our managed GPU infrastructure, deploying scalable inference services with containers, Kubernetes, and AI gateways while

Qualifications

• Experience shaping and operating large-scale platforms.
• Ability to diagnose complex distributed systems.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the platform layer above GPU infrastructure and model serving.
• Deploy and operate scalable inference services using containers, Kubernetes, and AI gateway platforms.

Skills

Platform engineering mindset

Problem solving

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

vLLM

AI gateways

Python

Go

Job description

Leonardo UK is recruiting AI Platform Engineers across all levels to shape, build and operate the infrastructure and services that underpin our AI platform, providing engineers with secure, reliable access to AI models and inference services. We offer a hybrid working model across multiple UK sites including Edinburgh, Luton, and Bristol.

You will own the platform layer above our managed GPU infrastructure, deploying scalable inference services with containers, Kubernetes, and AI gateways while