Innovation Platform Engineer

Innovation Platform Engineer 📍 Location: Manchester 🏢 Hybrid: 2 days in the office, 3 days working from home 💰 Salary: Up to £90,000 📄 Type: Permanent The Opportunity We’re working with a leading international professional services organisation looking to appoint an Innovation Platform Engineer to help shape its next generation of cloud, AI and digital innovation capabilities. This is an opportunity to join a developing innovation function, building the platforms and engineering foundations that take ideas from early-stage prototypes through to secure, scalable, production-ready solutions. Combining Cloud Engineering, DevOps, automation and emerging AI technologies, you’ll have the chance to influence technical direction, build reusable platforms and work on initiatives that make a tangible impact across a global organisation. What You’ll Be Doing - Designing and building cloud platforms across Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). - Automating infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). - Developing CI/CD pipelines and implementing secure DevOps practices. - Building scalable, resilient cloud environments and reusable engineering components. - Supporting innovation projects involving AI, large language models (LLMs) and automation. - Collaborating with architecture, security, infrastructure and product teams to take solutions into production. What We’re Looking For - Strong hands-on experience with Azure and/or GCP. - Practical Terraform experience — essential. - Background in Cloud Engineering, DevOps or Platform Engineering. - Experience with infrastructure automation, CI/CD and cloud deployment practices. - An interest in AI, emerging technologies and solving complex technical challenges. Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, AI platforms or LLMs would be advantageous. Experience across both Azure and GCP is beneficial but not essential. Why Consider It? - Help shape a newly created engineering role and developing innovation function. - Work at the intersection of cloud technology, AI and automation. - Influence engineering standards and platform architecture. - Take solutions from experimentation through to production. - Enjoy a hybrid working arrangement and a salary of up to £90,000. Interested? Get in touch to find out more about the opportunity.