Principal AI Platform Engineer

UBDS Group Manchester, England May 23, 2026

Type Full Time
Pay Not listed
Work Onsite
Level Senior

Principal AI Platform Engineer focuses on leading the design and implementation of ai architectures.

What the role involves

  • Leading the design and implementation of AI architectures.
  • Help clients move AI solutions from experimentation into secure production delivery for large-scale user bases.
  • Define platform standards covering governance, observability, security, orchestration and operational support.
  • Supporting technical discovery, bids and client architecture discussions.
  • Build reusable engineering patterns, accelerators and reference architectures.
  • Supporting internal AI enablement and automation initiatives across UBDS.

Skills and requirements

  • Strong Python engineering capability and experience working across cloud-native engineering environments.
  • Experience integrating AI capabilities into wider enterprise, cloud and data ecosystems.
  • Experience acting as a senior technical lead, principal engineer or design authority.
  • Experience with some of the following technologies or ecosystems.

Confirmed role details

  • Discretionary bonus based on a blend of personal and company performance.
  • Holiday – You will receive 25 Days holiday, plus 1 day for Birthday and 1 day for your work anniversary in addition to UK bank holidays.
  • Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice.
  • Contributed Pension Scheme.

Candidate fit

  • technical judgement, safe working habits, careful diagnostics, and practical problem-solving
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