Sr. AI Platform Engineer

Join us at Barclays as a Senior AI Platform Engineer. We are seeking an exceptional Senior AI Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale next-generation Generative AI platforms that power intelligent, secure, and compliant solutions across the enterprise. You will play a critical role in shaping our AI strategy, engineering robust multi-agent systems, and delivering production-grade AI capabilities in a highly regulated environment.

Key Skills

• Hands-on experience with AWS services including Glue, Step Functions, EventBridge, Lambda, S3, and Redshift

• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation

• Practical experience working with REST APIs, including development and integration

• Containerisation experience using Docker

• Strong Python programming skills with the ability to write clean, efficient, and scalable code

• Expertise in PySpark and Spark SQL for building efficient data processing solutions

• Experience with GitLab, including version control, CI/CD pipeline management, and branch strategies

• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive tasks end-to-end

Desirable Skills

• Hands-on experience with Databricks for building, scheduling, and monitoring data pipelines (Jobs, Workflows, Delta Live Tables, etc.)

• Hands-on experience with Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) techniques including LoRA/QLoRA, and alignment methods such as RLHF/DPO for domain adaptation and structured output reliability.

• Practical knowledge of model optimisation and inference acceleration, including quantisation approaches such as GGUF, AWQ, and EXL2, enabling high-performance deployments on constrained hardware environments.

This role is based in Glasgow.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

Purpose of the role

To  lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives. 

Accountabilities

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.
• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.