Senior Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform Lead (Remote)

OAG; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Simplyhealth cash plan

Company bonus scheme

Octopus EV salary sacrifice

Enhanced pension

25 days holiday

Learning and development budget

Job summary

OAG is seeking a senior technical contributor to turn Digital strategy into a concrete engineering plan. You will own architecture decisions, write production-grade code, and shape how AI-powered features are built and deployed across the platform.

You’ll lead across two areas: platform backbone and intelligence layers, embedding AI tooling and ensuring reliability, cost control and security are maintained as the product evolves.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating production software at scale.
• Ability to lead across multiple teams and align on architecture.
• Proficiency with AI/ML in production settings and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the hardest parts of the platform hands-on.
• Set technical direction across team boundaries.
• Define AI feature briefs and evaluate models.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistency.
• Integrate AI models and data pipelines on Databricks and Snowflake.
• Mentor engineers and ensure code quality and CI/CD.
• Maintain quality via reviews, testing, observability.

Skills

Production software

Technical leadership

System design

Data-intensive systems

ML/AI in production

Commercial awareness

Communication

Builder mindset

AI-native development

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

OAG is seeking a senior technical contributor to turn Digital strategy into a concrete engineering plan. You will own architecture decisions, write production-grade code, and shape how AI-powered features are built and deployed across the platform.

You’ll lead across two areas: platform backbone and intelligence layers, embedding AI tooling and ensuring reliability, cost control and security are maintained as the product evolves.