Platform & Agentic AI Architect

Openai's Harness Engineering
Bramley, United Kingdom
15 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Bramley, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Continuous Integration
Software Engineering
AWS Lambda
Cloud Migration
Virtual Agents
Serverless Computing

Requirements

Are you passionate about AI-assisted software delivery, platform engineering, and cloud modernization? We're looking for an Agentic Engineering Lead to drive a large-scale AWS-to-Azure migration while building the engineering harness that enables AI agents to deliver reliable, high-quality code. Role OverviewYou will lead a high-performing engineering pod responsible for migrating AWS Lambda-based applications to Azure. Inspired by OpenAI's Harness Engineering approach, your primary focus will be designing the scaffolding, guardrails, and feedback loops that allow Claude Code agents to work effectively at scale.This is a player-coach role:70% Harness & Platform Engineering30% Technical Leadership & Team Enablement Key ResponsibilitiesOwn and evolve the claude_code_forge scaffolding, repository structures, CLAUDE.md specifications, agent configurations, MCP tools, and custom slash commandsBreak down AWS migration programs into well-defined, agent-executable work packagesBuild automated architectural guardrails through testing, linting, dependency checks, and CI/CD enforcementDrive codebase quality and coherence through ongoing entropy-management practicesMentor engineers on:Claude CodeClaude DesktopCowork workflowsPrompt-driven TDDMulti-agent orchestrationTrack and report migration progress, agent utilization, delivery risks, and stakeholder updates Required Skills & Experience6-8 years of software engineering experience2+ years leading engineering teams or technical deliveryStrong AWS and Azure serverless expertise, including:AWS Lambda * Azure FunctionsDynamoDB * Cosmos DBStep Functions * Durable FunctionsHands-on experience with:Claude CodeClaude DesktopCoworkAgentic development workflowsStrong background in:Platform EngineeringDeveloper ToolingCI/CD PipelinesDevOps AutomationSoftware Architecture Governance

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