Senior AI Platform Engineer

📋 Description

• Build, run, and evolve the API gateway and routing layer connecting engineers and client workloads
• Design and build orchestration and lifecycle management for AI capabilities and agents.
• Implement and maintain RBAC/OIDC access controls and API key lifecycle management.
• Develop caching, cost/latency optimisations, and adoption analytics to measure platform use.
• Contribute to API design, versioning, and promotion workflows for moving capabilities to production.
• Ensure trust, safety, and governance to keep the platform auditable at scale.

🎯 Requirements

• Proficiency in Python or Go with production experience aligned to level (Mid through Principal).
• Experience with API gateways (Kong preferred; Envoy or Apigee accepted) or willingness to build
• Experience with multiple LLM providers and failover/routing strategies.
• Understanding of RBAC/OIDC and disciplined API key lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with service-registry patterns (e.g., MCP) is a plus.

🎁 Benefits

• Flexible working with hybrid and remote options; offices in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London
• 35 days leave, private medical insurance, enhanced parental leave, pension match, paid learning and