Founding AI Platform Engineer (MLOps / Backend) at Jobgether in UK

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Founding AI Platform Engineer (MLOps / Backend) based in United Kingdom.

This is a foundational engineering opportunity for someone who wants to shape the systems that turn ML and GenAI capabilities into reliable, production-ready products.
You will operate at the intersection of backend engineering, cloud infrastructure, MLOps, platform reliability, and product delivery.
The role offers broad ownership across model lifecycle management, deployment, serving, experimentation, observability, and CI/CD.
You will build the production infrastructure that enables AI systems to scale safely while remaining performant, maintainable, secure, and cost-efficient.
Working closely with ML and product teams, you will turn ambiguous technical challenges into practical, durable solutions.
As an early platform engineer, your decisions will directly influence engineering standards, tooling, reliability practices, and the future scalability of the platform.