Cloud Platform Lead for AI & FinOps

CreateFuture; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CreateFuture in the UK is seeking a Lead Engineer - Cloud to drive technical direction and delivery for client and internal projects. You will mentor a team of cloud engineers, architect AI-native infrastructure, and enforce cost governance across cloud estates.

As a leader, you’ll engage with clients, push innovation from traditional migrations to AI-enabled platforms, and set development best practices across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Hybrid skillset across Cloud, Platform/SRE and Data Engineering.
• Strong governance and cost-management mindset required.
• Client-facing consulting experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction for client and internal projects.
• Architect AI-native infrastructure and AI lifecycles.
• Mentor cloud engineers and grow the team.
• Define best practices and IaC standards across CreateFuture.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Software engineering

Data engineering

Security & governance

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

LangChain

dbt

Apache Airflow

Job description

CreateFuture in the UK is seeking a Lead Engineer - Cloud to drive technical direction and delivery for client and internal projects. You will mentor a team of cloud engineers, architect AI-native infrastructure, and enforce cost governance across cloud estates.

As a leader, you’ll engage with clients, push innovation from traditional migrations to AI-enabled platforms, and set development best practices across the organisation.