Contract Platform Engineer: Self-Service AI Tooling

Codurance; Leeds; On-site; GBP 101,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Codurance is seeking a Contract Platform Engineer in Leeds to join a mission-driven, non-profit academic organisation pursuing an AI-driven initiative. This hands-on role bridges platform and product teams to capture requirements, perform gap analysis, and prioritise features that move the platform toward production readiness.

You will move quickly from day one, balancing imperfect tooling with real user needs, onboarding the product into the underlying infrastructure, and educating the team on

Qualifications

• Strong communication and cross-team alignment are essential.
• Solid knowledge of AWS and cloud platforms.
• Experience with platform operations and delivering in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Promote and mature the AI platform toward self-service capability.
• Onboard and integrate the product into the platform infrastructure.
• Balance imperfections against practical user deployment needs.
• Capture business requirements, perform gap analysis, and prioritise delivery over perfection.
• Act as a communication bridge between teams reporting to the platform engineering lead.
• Educate the wider team on AI tooling to improve day-to-day operations.

Skills

Strong communication

Cross-team alignment

AWS knowledge

Platform operations

Tools

Claude AI tooling

Job description

Codurance is seeking a Contract Platform Engineer in Leeds to join a mission-driven, non-profit academic organisation pursuing an AI-driven initiative. This hands-on role bridges platform and product teams to capture requirements, perform gap analysis, and prioritise features that move the platform toward production readiness.

You will move quickly from day one, balancing imperfect tooling with real user needs, onboarding the product into the underlying infrastructure, and educating the team on