Senior AI-Enabled DevOps Engineer (On-Site)

Lorien; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lorien is seeking a Senior AI-Enabled DevOps Engineer for a hands-on, on-site role in London. You will operate across software development, DevOps, and cloud platforms, shaping technical approaches and raising engineering standards while delivering production-grade AI-integrated systems.

You will build APIs, modernise applications to microservices, and ensure robust production operations with containers, automation, and IaC. Leadership comes through technical excellence, not people management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, or similar hands-on role.
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals: system design, maintainable code, testing, and operability.
• Strong experience building API-first or service-based systems.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and Python.
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating production systems using containers and automation.
• Confidence working across development, deployment, and operational concerns.
• A track record of owning technical outcomes in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and operate AI-enabled software and platform solutions.
• Develop API-driven services and integrations that allow systems to interact effectively with AI capabilities.
• Modernise existing applications towards service-based, cloud-native architectures.
• Implement and operate integration mechanisms between software systems and AI platforms, including emerging patterns and protocols where appropriate.
• Use AI tools to improve engineering productivity - while maintaining full accountability for quality, safety, and correctness.
• Review, validate, and guide AI-generated code and outputs, ensuring they meet real engineering and operational standards.
• Build services in TypeScript and Python, supported by strong testing and clean code practices.
• Package, deploy, and operate workloads using Kubernetes (e.g. Helm) and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform).
• Work closely with other engineers, platform teams, and AI specialists to deliver integrated, end-to-end solutions.
• Take responsibility for systems running in production, not just code that passes a build.

Skills

Senior Software Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

TypeScript

Python

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

AI integration awareness

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

APIs

Job description

Lorien is seeking a Senior AI-Enabled DevOps Engineer for a hands-on, on-site role in London. You will operate across software development, DevOps, and cloud platforms, shaping technical approaches and raising engineering standards while delivering production-grade AI-integrated systems.

You will build APIs, modernise applications to microservices, and ensure robust production operations with containers, automation, and IaC. Leadership comes through technical excellence, not people management.