Lead AI Platform Engineer: Gateway & Orchestration

CreateFuture; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid & remote work options

Office hubs: UK & Bulgaria

Job summary

CreateFuture is an AI-native consulting partner building AI-powered platforms for major clients, with a focus on responsible governance and scalable capabilities.

You will join the AI Platform Engineering team to design, build, and operate the platform that connects engineers and client workloads to multiple LLM providers, turning AI integrations into reusable capabilities while ensuring security and auditability.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python or Go with production experience.
• Experience running API gateways (Kong preferred; Envoy or Apigee accepted).
• Familiar with integrating multiple LLM providers and managing capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build, run, and evolve API gateway routing for client workloads to multiple LLM providers.
• Design orchestration and lifecycle management for AI capabilities and agents.
• Implement RBAC/OIDC and API key lifecycle management across the platform.
• Develop caching, cost/latency optimisations, and analytics to measure platform usage.
• Contribute to API design, versioning, and promotion workflows for capabilities.

Skills

Python

Go

API gateways

RBAC/OIDC

LLM integrations

Tools

Kong

Envoy

Apigee

Job description

CreateFuture is an AI-native consulting partner building AI-powered platforms for major clients, with a focus on responsible governance and scalable capabilities.

You will join the AI Platform Engineering team to design, build, and operate the platform that connects engineers and client workloads to multiple LLM providers, turning AI integrations into reusable capabilities while ensuring security and auditability.