Senior AI Platform Engineer - AWS, Copilot & DevEx

AI Software Engineer | AWS | Git Hub Copilot

Contract | Hybrid Working

We're seeking a senior AI Software Engineer with a strong software engineering background to help shape the safe and effective adoption of AI-assisted development within a large-scale enterprise environment.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of software engineering, AWS cloud platforms, developer tooling, security, Dev Ops, and AI engineering. You'll help define the controls, tooling, governance, and engineering practices required to enable the use of technologies such as Git Hub Copilot and other AI-powered development tools at scale.

Working as part of a cross-functional engineering team, you'll combine hands-on development, technical research, prototyping, and platform engineering to improve developer productivity while maintaining security, governance, and operational standards.

• Evaluate and implement safe approaches for adopting AI-assisted development tools, including Git Hub Copilot
• Design and build engineering controls, guardrails, and governance patterns for AI-enabled software development
• Develop tooling, automation, observability, and telemetry capabilities to support enterprise adoption
• Help define standards across development environments, cloud platforms, and CI/CD pipelines
• Contribute to modern developer experience initiatives, including containerised and cloud-based development environments

• Strong hands-on Software Engineering background
• Experience developing applications and engineering solutions within AWS environments
• Solid understanding of AWS services, cloud-native architectures, and developer tooling
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, Dev Ops tooling, and software delivery practices

• Experience implementing or supporting Git Hub Copilot or other AI-assisted development tools
• Knowledge of secure development environments, software governance, and policy enforcement
• Experience with containerisation technologies and developer platforms
• Exposure to telemetry, analytics, monitoring, and reporting pipelines
• Experience working within complex enterprise or regulated environments
• Data engineering, analytics, or insight generation experience
• Understanding of platform engineering and developer experience (Dev Ex) principles

Please send across an updated CV if this position is of interest

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