CareerPlan

Staff Software Engineer - Physical AI

London, EnglandFull-time£116k2026-08-28 → 2026-11-10

Core

Architecting and scaling the core platform for engineering simulation and AI workflows, transitioning from monolithic to distributed architecture.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Platform Architecture & Distributed Systems)

Builds

Distributed compute services, workflow orchestration, and agentic-ready platform infrastructure.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / AI Engineering / Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, Python (expert-level), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, SRE practices, API design, Workflow orchestration (Temporal/Airflow/Kubeflow), Cloud platforms (AWS required)

Preferred skills

Azure/GCP, Data processing frameworks (Spark/Athena/Ray), MCP server integrations

Responsibilities

Drive architectural evolution from monolithic to distributed systems, Design agentic-ready architecture for AI products, Write production-quality Python code for critical components, Build and optimize distributed compute services, Own CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies, Mentor senior and mid-level engineers

Seniority

Staff, hands-on technical leadership