AI Platform Engineer - Cambridge
Nextech Group Ltd
Cambridge, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 65KJob location
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Java
API
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Python
Open Source Technology
Software Deployment
Software Engineering
Large Language Models
Prompt Engineering
Build Management
Containerization
AI Platforms
Kubernetes
Docker
Job description
- Design and build scalable back-end services and APIs to support AI/LLM-powered features
- Develop and maintain infrastructure for deploying, monitoring, and scaling AI models in production
- Integrate cloud and/or locally hosted LLMs (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, open-source models) into live products
- Build RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and prompt/conversation systems
- Collaborate with data, product, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Implement CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and observability for AI-driven services
- Own the full lifecycle: experimentation, prototyping, and production deployment
Requirements
- Strong commercial experience with Python and/or Java, plus cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Hands-on experience with LLM-based application development (RAG, agents, copilots)
- Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, and prompt engineering
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes) a plus
- Strong understanding of scalable, production-grade system design
- Comfortable working across experimentation and live deployment environments
Benefits & conditions
- Competitive salary + benefits package
- Hybrid working model
- Opportunity to shape AI strategy and architecture from the ground up