Lead AI Platform Engineer — Cloud, Terraform & Scale

The Very Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working model

Inclusive culture and environment

£6500 flexible benefits allowance

30 days holiday + bank holidays

LinkedIn Learning access

Bonus potential (performance)

Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

Matched pension up to 6%

Job summary

The Very Group is seeking a Senior AWS Platform Engineer to own the Agentic AI platform architecture and drive deployments in a cloud-native environment. You will stay hands-on while shaping engineering strategy, championing best practices, and raising technical standards across the squad.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with the AI Product Owner, and own SLAs, monitoring, and cost optimization. A hybrid, flexible working model and generous tech benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Senior or Principal AWS Platform Engineering role.
• Hands-on Terraform development and deployment expertise.
• Proven experience designing, building and maintaining Agentic AI platforms.
• Deep AWS knowledge (VPC, EC2, ECS, ECR, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, etc.).
• Strong GitLab CI skills for pipeline development and administration.
• Security-focused engineering mindset with cost optimization awareness.
• Proficient in Python and Linux administration.
• Ability to define technical standards and platform design at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve the Agentic AI platform architecture.
• Act as technical decision-maker for AI platform design within the squad.
• Lead code reviews, design sessions and technology spikes.
• Collaborate with the AI Product Owner to translate requirements into deliverables.
• Own SLAs, metrics and monitoring; lead RCA investigations when needed.
• Drive CI/CD improvements and champion DevSecOps practices.
• Coach engineers from junior to senior level on AWS and Terraform.
• Align AI platform with wider tech roadmap; manage technical risk.

Skills

Senior AWS Platform Engineering

Infrastructure as Code

Agentic AI platforms

AWS cost optimisation

Communication & stakeholder management

Mentoring engineers

Security-first mindset

Python development

Linux administration

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI

AWS CLI

Cloud tooling

Python tooling

Job description

The Very Group is seeking a Senior AWS Platform Engineer to own the Agentic AI platform architecture and drive deployments in a cloud-native environment. You will stay hands-on while shaping engineering strategy, championing best practices, and raising technical standards across the squad.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with the AI Product Owner, and own SLAs, monitoring, and cost optimization. A hybrid, flexible working model and generous tech benefits are offered.