Principal IDP Engineer: Build Self-Serve AI Platform

IFS; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IFS is building the next generation of AI-native enterprise software. We seek a Principal Platform Engineer to create and operate the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that product teams will rely on.

You will shape a greenfield IDP, delivering self-serve infrastructure, service catalogs, and templates with code and automation as the primary mode of work. Hybrid work is supported in a global, diverse team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on platform engineering experience with automated delivery.
• Proven ability to design and ship IDP capabilities.
• Experience integrating with cloud-native infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Implement, configure, and maintain the Internal Developer Platform end-to-end.
• Build self-service workflows and scaffolding for product teams.
• Integrate IDP tooling with Kairos and Nexus for CI/CD.

Skills

Platform engineering

Kubernetes

Go

React

Tools

Backstage

Port

Cortex

CI/CD tooling

Job description

IFS is building the next generation of AI-native enterprise software. We seek a Principal Platform Engineer to create and operate the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that product teams will rely on.

You will shape a greenfield IDP, delivering self-serve infrastructure, service catalogs, and templates with code and automation as the primary mode of work. Hybrid work is supported in a global, diverse team.