GenAI Platform Engineer — Backend & Integrations

Grant Thornton UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

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Job summary

Grant Thornton UK is seeking a Senior Engineer – Generative AI Platform to join the GenAI initiative. The role focuses on building and operating platform-based, production-ready solutions for client value.

Based in the North of England, the position emphasizes hands-on delivery and architectural design. You will own end-to-end delivery, develop backend services, and apply engineering judgment to balance native platform work with bespoke engineering.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering software in a team-based model.
• Strong backend and integration skills using Python or C# .NET.
• Judgement to choose native platform solutions vs bespoke engineering.
• Familiarity with Azure and Microsoft 365; experience with LLM integration patterns is a plus.
• Comfortable using GenAI tools such as Copilot, Claude or ChatGPT.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery from business need to production-ready solution.
• Develop and maintain backend services, API integrations, MCP server builds and data connections.
• Decide when to solve natively within the platform versus external engineering.
• Design architecture, data flow and integrations for scalability and performance.
• Use AI tooling to accelerate coding and operationalise solutions.

Skills

Python

C# .NET

Backend engineering

API integrations

GenAI tooling

Tools

Azure

MCP tooling

Copilot / GenAI tools

Job description

Grant Thornton UK is seeking a Senior Engineer – Generative AI Platform to join the GenAI initiative. The role focuses on building and operating platform-based, production-ready solutions for client value.

Based in the North of England, the position emphasizes hands-on delivery and architectural design. You will own end-to-end delivery, develop backend services, and apply engineering judgment to balance native platform work with bespoke engineering.