Principal AI Strategy & Enablement Engineer (Hybrid)

Ocho People Ltd.

Belfast City District

Hybrid

GBP 85,000 - 130,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Ocho People Ltd. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead AI strategy and enablement across our engineering organisation in Belfast.

The role blends hands-on technical authority with mentoring, standards creation and architectural guidance to accelerate AI adoption. You will define and deliver high-impact AI initiatives across product, developer productivity, quality engineering, operations and platform modernization.

Qualifications

Hands-on engineering background building and scaling production software and AI-powered products.
Experience with AI and ML operational practices, such as CI/CD, automation and data governance.
Understanding of responsible AI, including governance, security, privacy, testing, monitoring and human oversight.
Experience resolving performance and scalability issues across distributed architectures and databases.
Solid software design grounding, including databases, design patterns and web services such as SOAP and REST.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management, with Agile Scrum or Lean Kanban experience.
Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related field.

Responsibilities

Define and lead the AI strategy across product, developer productivity, quality engineering, operations and platform modernisation.
Build standards, reusable patterns and reference architectures that enable teams to adopt AI with confidence.
Grow internal AI communities and coach engineers to think AI first, championing responsible, secure adoption.
Shape AI at scale while remaining hands on and building a profile as a recognised AI leader.