Platform Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Annual Leave Policy

Private healthcare and dental

Enhanced parental leave

Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible

Sanctus Coaching

Hybrid Working

Job summary

Faculty AI is seeking a Software Engineer for the AI Platform team to architect the infrastructure enabling world-class AI. You’ll work with the Applied AI group to build data science, MLOps, and deployment tooling for a team of over 100 data scientists and engineers.

You will own the platform enabling transformation from exploration to production-grade ML products, ensuring high performance, scalability, and seamless integration across diverse client environments.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with a focus on building internal tools and infra.
• Experience delivering production-grade ML platforms and tooling.
• Comfort with multi-cloud environments and containerised microservices.

Responsibilities

• Own deployment and MLOps tooling to improve quality and reliability.
• Evolve technology stack and features in notebook environments and monitoring systems.
• Collaborate with a small customer-facing team to design and build required infrastructure.
• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code and DevSecOps processes for distributed architectures.
• Integrate core platform services across AWS, Azure and GCP for global clients.
• Scale internal enablement to accelerate ML deployment.

Skills

Python

Go

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

DevSecOps

CI/CD

IaC

Job description

Why Faculty?

We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here.

We don’t chase hype cycles. We innovate, build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical, product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence.

Our business, and reputation, is growing fast and we’re always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology.

AI is an epoch-defining technology, join a company where you’ll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications, and to make them happen.

About the role

As a Software Engineer in the AI Platform team, you will be the architect of the infrastructure that makes world-class AI possible. Working closely with the Applied AI team, you’ll be building and maintaining the data science, MLOps, and deployment tooling that empowers our team of over 100 Data Scientists and Engineers.

You will take ownership of the platform that enables us to transition from complex exploration to full-stack, production-grade machine learning products, ensuring our solutions are high-performing, scalable, and seamlessly integrated into diverse client environments.

What you'll be doing:

• Taking ownership of our existing deployment and MLOps tooling to ensure our software delivery remains a significant lever for quality and reliability.

• Contributing to the continuous evolution of our technology stack, from building new features in our notebook development environments to refining model monitoring systems.

• Collaborating with a small, fast-moving team of customer-facing technologists to design and build the infrastructure our delivery teams need to succeed.

• Designing and implementing infrastructure-as-code and DevSecOps processes to support distributed, containerised microservices architectures.

• Integrating our core platform services across multiple cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, and GCP, to provide flexible solutions for our global clients.

• Scaling our internal enablement capabilities, acting as an entrepreneurial force that removes technical friction and accelerates the deployment of machine learning.

Who we're looking for:

• You are a Software Engineer who is passionate about building internal tools and takes pride in creating the foundational systems that enable others to excel.

• You understand the nuances of the machine learning product lifecycle and have a clear vision for how to move models efficiently from exploration to production.

• You possess modern systems programming skills in Python or Go, and you are comfortable selecting the best-fit technology for complex infrastructure challenges.

• You bring practical experience with containerisation and orchestration, specifically using Docker and Kubernetes to manage distributed systems at scale.

• You have a strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation, combined with a deep interest in DevSecOps practices.

• You thrive in small, ambitious teams where you can take high levels of ownership and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical peers.

Our Interview Process

1. Talent Team Screen (30 minutes)

2. Pair Programming Interview (90 minutes)

3. System Design Interview (90 minutes)

4. Commercial Interview (60 minutes)

Our Recruitment Ethos

We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought, and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world in which we live. We’re united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions and sexual orientations.

Some of our standout benefits:

• Unlimited Annual Leave Policy

• Private healthcare and dental

• Enhanced parental leave

• Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working

• Sanctus Coaching

• Hybrid Working