Principal Full-Stack Engineer, Agentic AI Platform

Danaher; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Abcam, a Danaher operating company in Cambridge, UK, seeks a Principal Full Stack Engineer (Agentic AI) to accelerate the Agentic AI platform and its apps. You will architect solutions, guide the team, and ensure reliability, scalability and quality across AI systems.

You’ll lead design for RAG, prompts and multi-agent workflows, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn business needs into robust technical outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering capability, primarily in TypeScript with Python as an additional benefit.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating production-grade AI systems with focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Expertise in Agentic AI systems: RAG, prompt engineering, LLM integration, MCP, agentic workflows, model evaluation, fine tuning.
• Cloud infrastructure experience in the deployment of AI apps (AWS preferred).
• Expertise in CI/CD best practice including orchestration, containerisation and testing.
• Strong inter-personal skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business problems into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead the delivery of Abcam’s Agentic AI platform and applications, including RAG systems and agent workflows, for internal and external users.
• Establish engineering best practices for GenAI/LLM applications, including system design patterns, evaluation approaches, reliability, scalability, and maintainability standards across the AI engineering lifecycle.
• Act as a technical leader by mentoring engineers, influencing architectural direction, and driving the successful delivery and adoption of Agentic AI capabilities.

Skills

Team collaboration

Backend development

Tools

TypeScript

Python

API development

AWS

CI/CD

Containerization

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Job description

Abcam, a Danaher operating company in Cambridge, UK, seeks a Principal Full Stack Engineer (Agentic AI) to accelerate the Agentic AI platform and its apps. You will architect solutions, guide the team, and ensure reliability, scalability and quality across AI systems.

You’ll lead design for RAG, prompts and multi-agent workflows, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn business needs into robust technical outcomes.