Principal AI Engineer - Strategy & Adoption (Hybrid, NI)

Ocho People Ltd.; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 80.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Salary £80k-£90k

Hybrid work model

Global engineering org exposure

Direct influence on AI strategy

Work with latest AI tooling

Career development

Zusammenfassung

Ocho People Ltd. in Belfast is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead AI enablement across our client’s engineering teams. This is a thought‑leader role, without people management, working with directors, senior engineers, product architects and AI specialists.

The ideal candidate shapes AI strategy, evaluates tools, builds AI capabilities, and embeds AI across the SDLC. Hybrid Belfast-based with global visibility and significant impact on engineering decisions shaping AI adoption.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years hands-on software engineering with end-to-end lifecycle
• Commercial experience driving AI adoption in an organisation seriously committing to it
• Excellent communication and ability to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority

Aufgaben

• Shape and drive a pragmatic AI strategy for the engineering organisation, aligned to priorities, architecture and security
• Evaluate emerging AI tools, initiatives and assets and decide what to adopt
• Build and roll out AI skills, agents and reusable patterns that solve engineering problems
• Lead small working groups with SMEs, architects and PMs to deliver improvements
• Embed AI across the full SDLC, from requirements to CI/CD, testing and release
• Establish metrics to measure efficiency gains and AI value
• Champion responsible and secure AI use in production environments
• Coach engineers to adopt AI-first ways with strong engineering discipline

Kenntnisse

Excellent communication

Influence stakeholders

AI adoption experience

Ausbildung

10+ years software engineering

Tools

LLM frameworks

AI tooling

Jobbeschreibung

Ocho People Ltd. in Belfast is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead AI enablement across our client’s engineering teams. This is a thought‑leader role, without people management, working with directors, senior engineers, product architects and AI specialists.

The ideal candidate shapes AI strategy, evaluates tools, builds AI capabilities, and embeds AI across the SDLC. Hybrid Belfast-based with global visibility and significant impact on engineering decisions shaping AI adoption.