Principal .NET Software Engineer

Description

We are seeking a Principal AI Lead to define and drive the technical strategy for AI capabilities across the Infor MES platform and wider Manufacturing portfolio.

Department: Development

Location: Farnborough

• Defining the AI architecture, standards, and technical strategy for MES and the Manufacturing portfolio.
• Designing scalable, secure, and reliable AI-enabled product features using cloud-native and SaaS principles.
• Building production AI feature sets, reference implementations, and reusable platform components.
• Defining API strategies, tool interfaces, and integration patterns that enable AI capabilities to interact effectively with MES business processes.
• Leading the platform's approach to data modelling, ontology strategy, semantic understanding, and business context required for AI-driven experiences.
• Providing architectural leadership across multiple engineering teams delivering AI, Integration, IoT, Connected Worker, and platform capabilities.
• Working closely with Product Management to align AI investments with customer needs, business objectives, and market opportunities.
• Establishing engineering standards for security, governance, observability, and responsible AI.
• Evaluating emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and architectural approaches.
• Mentoring engineers and acting as a technical authority for AI initiatives across the Manufacturing portfolio.
• Contributing to long-term technical strategy and roadmap planning for AI Acceleration initiatives.

• A demonstrated background of software engineering experience delivering enterprise applications or platforms.
• Strong hands-on software development experience using modern engineering practices and technologies.
• Proven experience designing and delivering production AI solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Experience with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic architectures, AI orchestration frameworks, and tool-based AI systems.
• Experience integrating AI capabilities into enterprise software products.
• Experience designing APIs, service contracts, and software architectures.
• Experience with cloud-native application development and modern SaaS architectures.
• Experience with semantic modelling, ontologies, knowledge graphs, or domain-driven modelling approaches used to represent complex business domains.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, security, scalability, reliability, and observability.
• Excellent C# and .NET experience and strong understanding of relational databases.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams and product areas.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience with in Manufacturing, MES, ERP, Industrial IoT, or Operational Technology environments.
• Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Experience with vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, and AI retrieval architectures.
• Experience defining enterprise AI architecture and governance standards.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers or leading technical communities of practice.
• Previous people leadership or line management experience.

Infor MES is undergoing a significant transformation as we evolve towards a cloud-native SaaS platform and embed AI-driven capabilities throughout the product experience.

You will join a highly experienced engineering team with deep manufacturing knowledge, a strong culture of ownership, and a passion for building great software. We move quickly, value innovation, and give engineers the opportunity to turn ideas into production reality.

For the right individual, this role offers a rare opportunity to shape how AI is applied within manufacturing, influence product and technical…