Lead AI-Driven Collaboration Platform Architect

The Financial Times; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Medical cover

Parental leave packages

Gym memberships

Community volunteering

Job summary

The Financial Times is seeking a senior engineer to lead the design and architecture of our collaboration tooling platforms, guiding engineers across the team. You will act as a subject matter expert for AI capabilities and help teams adopt AI-powered features safely.

You will collaborate with other disciplines, evangelise the tools we own, and contribute to roadmaps for tooling and integrations, while staying ahead of marketplace developments.

Qualifications

• Senior engineer capable of leading design and architecture for collaboration tooling platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and architectural decisions for collaboration tooling platforms, guiding engineers.
• Act as SME for AI capabilities within collaboration tooling and help teams adopt AI-powered features.
• Engage with other teams to ensure effective collaboration and evangelise tools we own.
• Contribute to product and renewal roadmaps for the tools we manage.
• Stay updated on market developments and manage supplier relationships for key tools.

Skills

Leadership

Technical design

AI capabilities

Mentoring

Collaboration

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Slack

Zapier

Figma

DevOps

Job description

The Financial Times is seeking a senior engineer to lead the design and architecture of our collaboration tooling platforms, guiding engineers across the team. You will act as a subject matter expert for AI capabilities and help teams adopt AI-powered features safely.

You will collaborate with other disciplines, evangelise the tools we own, and contribute to roadmaps for tooling and integrations, while staying ahead of marketplace developments.