Senior Engineering Manager - AL/ML Platform
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Job Title: Senior Engineering Manager - AL/ML Platform
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
Job Type: Regular, Full-Time
Reports To: R&D Director/VP - AI Core Services Development
We are looking for passionate and hands-on technical managers to join our Core AI Services team. In this role, you will help deliver the long-term vision, strategy and roadmap for the AI platform services, ensuring alignment with the overall company product strategy and business objectives with the help of your team. The overall aim to design, develop, and scale AI-enabling platform services and public APIs that are secure, reliable, and cloud-native. These services will act as foundational building blocks for AI adoption across AVEVA’s product portfolio and partner ecosystem.
You will manage a Scrum team to build innovative, standards-compliant, secure and production-grade AI capabilities, with a builder mindset - rapid prototyping and continuous improvement with agility of a start-up.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the architectural design of scalable, fault-tolerant cloud-native services on Microsoft Azure, ensuring high performance and reliability.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the development and testing teams, acting as a trusted escalation point for complex technical challenges.
- Translate high-level business requirements from portfolio into clear actionable technical requirements and features for the AI platform.
- Manage the platform’s backlog and make decisions on release cycles and service enhancements.
- Embed robust security controls to protect sensitive data and ensure secure access to AI services.
- Lead, mentor and grow a high-performing team of AI Platform developers and testers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and contribute to a culture of innovation.
- Conduct performance reviews and support career development for team members.
- Work with multiple teams to create AI solutions, which include AI model deployment, training, and AI tooling development.
- Identify and mitigate technical, operational, and security risks associated with the AI platform.
- Ensure compliance with relevant industry regulations, internal policies, and data governance standards, particularly concerning data privacy and AI ethics.
- Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) and understanding of trade-offs between performance, cost, and capability.
- Understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agent orchestration, prompt engineering, and tool calling.
- Familiarity with AI standards such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent2Agent (A2A).
- Strong knowledge or experience in working with various ML algorithms (regression, classification, clustering, deep learning)
- Knowledge of AI ethics and regulations (e.g., NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act), and commitment to responsible AI development.
- Fluent in developing code using AI Tools such as GitHub Copilot. Must be able to use prompt engineering to carry out multiple development tasks.
- Familiar with AI orchestration, including tools like AI Foundry and/or Semantic Kernel.
- Experience with tools for automated testing and evaluation of AI outputs is a plus.
- Experience in Python and AI frameworks / tools such as PyTorch and TensorFlow.
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, including 3–5 years leading technical teams, and hands-on experience building cloud-native or AI platform services.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and associated PaaS services (e.g., Azure Functions, AKS, API Management).
- Strong expertise in RESTful API design, versioning, testing, and lifecycle management.
- Proficient in securing APIs, managing authentication/authorization and data privacy practices.
- Experience leading technical teams, mentoring, performance management.
- Should be experienced in planning, scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for interacting with developers, testers, product teams, and senior management.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse complex technical challenges and propose scalable solutions.
- Experience working in Agile teams and collaborating across global R&D locations
- Demonstrated ability to mentor junior team members fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation
- Demonstrated experience with AI frameworks, tools and Python
Our global team of 2000+ developers work on an incredibly diverse portfolio of over 75 industrial automation and engineering products, which cover everything from data management to 3D design. AI and cloud are at the centre of our strategy, and we have over 150 patents to our name.
Our track record of innovation is no fluke – it’s the result of a structured and deliberate focus on learning, collaboration and inclusivity. If you want to build applications that solve big problems, join us.
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/r-and-d-careers/
Why Join AVEVA?
At AVEVA, we are unlocking the power of industrial intelligence to create a more sustainable and efficient world. AVEVA Connect platform is at the heart of that transformation. As a leader in Core AI Services, you will help shape how AI is delivered at scale across industries. Join us in driving the next wave of industrial innovation.
UK Benefits include:
Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program.
It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/
Hybrid working
By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote.
Hiring process
Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process
About AVEVA
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.
We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/
AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
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#J-18808-Ljbffr- Location:
- Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £80,000 - £100,000
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Engineering