Lorien
Platform Engineer
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Platform Engineer
Contract Length: 1 Year Rolling
Location: Hybrid - London, 3 days a week
IR35 Status: Inside
Summary:
We're hiring platform engineers to build and operate the secure, self-service platform that lets teams develop, evaluate, deploy and monitor AI products consistently.
This is a platform engineering role first AI-specific knowledge is welcome but can be developed on the job. What's non-negotiable is solid platform engineering discipline.
What you'll be doing
- Providing reusable environments, pipelines, templates, SDKs and deployment capabilities
- Integrating approved models, data sources, identity systems, secrets and enterprise tools
- Building observability for quality, latency, usage, cost, security and operational health
- Automating policy enforcement, evidence collection and environment promotion
- Establishing reliable runtime capabilities for agents, tools, retrieval and scheduled workflows
- Operating the platform with clear service levels, incident management and capacity planning
- Improving developer experience through documentation, paved roads and self-service workflows
- Managing platform security, resilience, lifecycle, portability and vendor dependencies
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What we're looking for
- A cloud or platform engineer experienced in infrastructure as code, CI/CD, containers, identity, observability and production operations
- Someone who can pick up AI-specific concepts quickly deep platform engineering fundamentals matter more
- A problem-solver mindset, comfortable working across multiple business areas rather than a single fixed remit
- MBB consulting background (McKinsey, Bain, BCG) is a strong plus, though not required for this role
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How this works
- Open to contract or permanent hire
- UK-based candidates: ideally on-site 3 days a week
- Candidates based outside the UK: on-site 3 days every fortnight, with flights and accommodation covered for the right candidate with consulting-firm pedigree
- All contract engagements sit inside the scope of IR35
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