AVEVA

Principal Technologist, Core AI Services

AVEVA
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Cambridge, United KingdomStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own the design, reliability, and performance of core AI services as the technical authority.
  • Build scalable and fault-tolerant cloud-native services on Microsoft Azure.
  • Develop secure, documented public APIs and SDKs for internal and external developers.
  • Collaborate across data pipelines, orchestration, and service APIs to deliver end-to-end solutions.
  • Implement security controls for sensitive data and secure access to AI services.
  • Lead and participate in design reviews, code reviews, and architectural discussions.
  • Mentor junior developers and promote continuous learning and innovation.
  • Contribute to AI model deployment, training, and AI tooling development.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience, preferably developing platform or cloud-native services with Microsoft and .NET technologies.
  • Hands-on experience with containerized deployments in Kubernetes.
  • Strong expertise in RESTful API design, versioning, testing, and lifecycle management.
  • Proficiency in API security, authentication, authorization, and data privacy practices.
  • Experience using AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot and prompt engineering to complete development tasks.
  • Ability to analyze complex technical challenges and propose scalable solutions.
  • Experience working in Agile teams and collaborating across global R&D locations.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor junior team members.
  • Desirable: familiarity with RAG, tool-calling, Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Foundry, LLM trade-offs, MCP, A2A, and automated AI evaluation or benchmarking tools.

Benefits

  • Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, and an education assistance program.
  • Regular full-time employment in a hybrid Cambridge, UK arrangement; most roles are expected to be onsite 50% of working hours, with the specific arrangement confirmed during hiring.
  • Successful applicants must pass drug screening and a comprehensive background check before starting employment.

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About AVEVA

5,001-10,000 employees

AVEVA builds industrial engineering, operations, and data-management software used by energy, process, infrastructure, and manufacturing companies. Its portfolio spans 3D design and simulation, HMI/SCADA and MES, asset performance, and the PI System for real‑time operational data, sold via enterprise licenses and cloud subscriptions. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, and is a subsidiary of Schneider Electric following its 2023 acquisition and LSE delisting.

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