Staff Engineer - Platform & AI Capabilities

Compare the Market

Greater London

On-site

GBP 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Compare the Market in London and Peterborough seeks a Staff Engineer for Comparison Capabilities. You will own end-to-end technical outcomes for platform capabilities, define architectures and roadmaps, and mentor senior engineers to raise the bar on engineering quality and delivery speed.

You will work with product and engineering leadership to align technical direction with business goals, drive adoption of AI-assisted tooling and Spec Driven Development, and help reduce risk while enabling

Qualifications

Extensive hands-on software engineering experience delivering scalable platforms or distributed systems.
Experience defining platform architectures, shared services, APIs, and reusable capabilities.
Proven track record owning technical outcomes across multiple teams and programs.
Deep understanding of cloud-native systems, reliability, observability, security, and performance engineering.
Experience applying AI-assisted tooling and Spec Driven Development approaches.

Responsibilities

Own and deliver end-to-end technical outcomes for new product platforms and shared capabilities.
Define and communicate technical strategy, target architectures, roadmaps, and guardrails.
Design platform capabilities, services, APIs, and integration patterns for multiple teams.
Lead technical discovery and decisions across teams, navigating ambiguity.
Mentor senior engineers and raise architectural thinking and leadership capabilities.