Viridien (www.viridiengroup.com) is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. With our ingenuity, drive and deep curiosity we discover new insights, innovations, and solutions that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges.
Platform Engineer – Developer Tooling & AI Workflows
This role focuses on developing internal tools, automation, and workflow systems that integrate AI-driven capabilities into existing environments in a scalable and maintainable way. You will work across a platform ecosystem that includes Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, workflow orchestration, and observability tooling.
Key Responsibilities
- Platform & Tooling Development – Design and build internal tools to support development and operational workflows.
- Improve developer experience through automation and platform enhancements.
- Design and implement workflow automation and orchestration systems.
- AI Integration – Support the integration of AI-driven approaches into existing systems and workflows.
- Contribute to platform capabilities that enable AI use within development environments.
- Observability & Reliability – Contribute to monitoring, observability, and debugging of systems and workflows.
- Support the reliability and performance of platform services.
- Collaboration & Architecture – Work with the AI Labs team on AI-related initiatives and participate in architecture and design discussions across platform and tooling domains.
Qualifications
Required
- Strong experience in software or platform engineering.
- Proven experience designing and building tools, platforms, or distributed systems.
- Experience working with containerised environments and Kubernetes.
- Ability to design scalable, maintainable, and high-performance systems.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to diagnose complex technical issues.
Preferred
- Experience building developer tooling or workflow automation systems.
- Experience integrating or deploying AI/ML workflows or large language models.
- Familiarity with LLM-based systems such as prompt design, evaluation, or RAG approaches.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools.
- Experience working in cross-functional teams across engineering, data, or research.
- Experience providing technical leadership or mentorship.
Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
- Highly attractive bonus scheme.
- Initial 22 days annual leave with future increases, complemented by a flexible buying and selling holiday program.
- Company pension with generous employer contribution.
- Wellbeing Unmind app – puts you in control of your mental health.
- A flexible benefits platform with numerous discount schemes – gym membership, restaurants, cinema tickets, and much more!
- Regular social club events, spontaneous reward events throughout the year.
- Cycle purchase scheme.
- Flexible Private Medical & Dental care programmes.
- Sponsorship of visas/comprehensive relocation packages.
- Bank Holiday Swap – our holiday swap program allows you to change it for another day of your choice.
- Relaxed dress code policy.
We see things differently. Diversity fuels our innovation, we value the unique ways in which we differ, and we are committed to equal employment opportunities for all professionals.
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