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Who we are
VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation. As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability. We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal. #VOIS #BeUnrivalled #CreateTheFuture
About this Role
Location: Newbury or Paddington (hybrid)
We are seeking an AI Platform Engineer to design, build and evolve the engineering platforms, automation capabilities and developer experiences that enable AI-native software delivery at scale. This role is ideal for individuals with strong software and platform engineering expertise who are passionate about improving engineering productivity, software quality and delivery outcomes across multiple teams. The successful candidate will help create secure, scalable and reusable engineering capabilities that support the safe adoption of AI-assisted software development practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
What you’ll do
- Design, build and maintain engineering platform capabilities that enable AI-native software delivery at scale.
- Develop reusable delivery controls, templates, pipelines, automation and engineering accelerators.
- Embed automated validation, quality checks and secure defaults directly into software delivery workflows.
- Build and evolve reusable patterns that support the safe and scalable adoption of AI-assisted development.
- Improve developer experience through streamlined workflows, tooling integration and self-service capabilities.
- Develop observability and measurement capabilities to provide insights into engineering productivity, quality and platform adoption.
- Collaborate with Technical Leads and AI Software Engineers to identify recurring engineering challenges and implement platform-based solutions.
- Enable responsible use of AI-generated code, testing, documentation and engineering artefacts through automated validation.
- Drive continuous improvement across CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security scanning and deployment processes.
- Ensure platform capabilities remain secure, scalable, maintainable and operationally resilient.
- Evaluate emerging AI engineering tools and recommend adoption where appropriate.
- Contribute to engineering standards, platform roadmaps and developer enablement initiatives.
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Who you are
- Experienced professional with 7+ years of software engineering, platform engineering or developer tooling experience.
- Skilled in designing and operating developer platforms, CI/CD capabilities and engineering automation solutions.
- Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems and modern software delivery practices.
- Experience building reusable platform capabilities that improve developer productivity and software quality.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted software development tools and engineering automation practices.
- Good knowledge of AI technologies including models, agents, evaluation frameworks and automated validation tooling.
- Understanding of LLM cost optimisation, including token monitoring, caching strategies and model selection considerations.
- Knowledge of approaches for managing and reducing token consumption costs.
- Deep understanding of observability, automated testing and software delivery tooling.
- Knowledge of platform security, governance and operational controls.
- Strong programming, automation and problem-solving capabilities.
- Passionate about improving developer experience and engineering effectiveness.
- Able to apply systems thinking to solve organisational engineering challenges through reusable solutions.
- Effective communicator who can collaborate with engineering teams, technical leaders and platform stakeholders.
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Not a perfect fit?
Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.
VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment
Vodafone recognises and celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. No form of discrimination is tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, citizenship, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, neurodiversity, social origin, cultural background, marital or civil partnership status, or socio-economic background.
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