AI Tooling Lead

Ocho People; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (2 days in office)

AI Centre of Excellence ownership

Bonus

Job summary

Ocho People is seeking an AI Developer Tooling Lead in Belfast. The role sits within the DevOps team and focuses on defining and accelerating enterprise-wide adoption of AI developer tools, ensuring secure, cost-effective usage and measurable business value at scale.

The position blends technical ownership with cost management and stakeholder engagement, requiring 5+ years in software engineering and experience with AI tooling and platform observability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in software engineering or application development.
• Experience with AI-driven engineering tools (Kiro, Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Compound Engineering).
• Experience designing developer productivity metrics or platform observability in large organisations.
• Stakeholder management across engineering, finance and procurement.
• Experience with usage-based billing/FinOps or cloud cost management.
• Right to work in Northern Ireland (no sponsorship).

Responsibilities

• Own and improve AI tooling approach across Copilot, Kiro and other tools.
• Configure and manage tools for security, compliance and enterprise standards.
• Support tiered tooling model by role, need, value and risk.
• Manage licensing, seat allocation, usage visibility and cost controls.
• Build reporting on adoption, usage, value, cost and productivity.
• Partner with Security, Risk, Compliance and Finance for responsible use.
• Create guidance to help teams use AI tooling safely and effectively.

Skills

5+ years experience

AI tooling

Platform observability

Stakeholder management

FinOps

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Kiro

Claude Code

Cursor

Compound Engineering

Job description

AI Developer Tooling Lead

At a Glance

• Belfast, Hybrid (2 days per week in office)
• Sits within the DevOps team
• Salary: DOE
• Own how AI developer tools (GitHub Copilot, Amazon Kiro, Claude Code and more) are adopted enterprise-wide
• Blend of technical ownership, cost management and stakeholder engagement

About the Company

Our client is a large, global organisation investing in a new generation of technology capability, reshaping how software is designed, built, tested and delivered as it scales secure, responsible AI use across the enterprise.

Role Overview

The AI Developer Tooling Lead will own how the organisation introduces, manages and improves AI tools for developers - making sure the right people have access to the right tools, usage is secure and cost-effective, and teams understand how to use them well. Sitting within DevOps, this role goes beyond a single project: it's a chance to help build the platforms, practices and specialist capability that turn AI tooling into measurable business value at enterprise scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and improve the AI developer tooling approach across GitHub Copilot, Amazon Kiro and other tools
• Configure and manage tools so they're secure, compliant and aligned to enterprise standards
• Support a tiered tooling model based on role, need, value and risk
• Manage licensing, seat allocation, usage visibility and cost controls
• Build reporting that shows adoption, usage, value, cost and productivity impact
• Partner with Security, Risk, Compliance and Finance to ensure responsible, well-governed use
• Create clear guidance that helps teams use AI developer tools safely and effectively

What You'll Need

Essential

• 5+ years' industry experience in software engineering or application development
• Experience with AI-driven engineering tools and techniques (Kiro, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Compound Engineering)
• Experience designing developer productivity metrics or platform observability in a large organisation (500+ engineers)
• Stakeholder management across engineering, finance and procurement
• Experience with usage-based billing, FinOps principles or cloud cost management
• Right to work in Northern Ireland (no sponsorship available)

Desirable

• GitHub Enterprise administration (org policies, SAML/SCIM, Actions)
• AWS account management, IAM, cost allocation tagging
• Developer survey design (DX, SPACE framework)
• Familiarity with MCP architecture
• Microsoft 365 Copilot tenant administration
• Background in DevOps, platform engineering or developer experience teams

Benefits & Package

Competitive salary DOE plus bonus, hybrid working (2 days per week in Belfast), and ownership of a brand-new AI Centre of Excellence capability.