Lead Platform Engineer – GCP, DevOps, AI

After the launch of its flagship product, a fast-growing scale-up is expanding its engineering capability and is looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to take ownership of its cloud platform and enable rapid, secure product delivery at scale. 

This is a key leadership role within a cloud-native environment, accountable for the reliability, scalability, and security of the Google Cloud Platform estate. You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary platform function across CI/CD, networking, security, AIOps, and observability, building a robust self-service platform that empowers engineering squads and supports an ambitious technology-led transformation.

You’ll shape platform strategy, champion automation for a hugely exciting scale-up, playing an integral role in the development of future products.

Location: Hybrid with two days per week in the office in Bradford and Leeds

Salary: £85,000 to £95,000 + 15% Bonus + Benefits

To be considered:

• Proven experience leading high-performing Platform/DevOps teams, including hybrid/offshore or partner resource models.
• Over 3 years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD design and build using GitHub, Terraform or similar.
• Experience supporting microservices / API-driven architectures.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, product-led organisations with multiple stakeholders.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Platform Engineering leader who enjoys building scalable cloud foundations, driving automation and engineering standards, and enabling teams to deliver securely and efficiently.

MES Engineer (AVEVA/Wonderware)

Hybrid (ideally can commute to Allentown, PA or Cincinnati, OH)

Up to 130k base salary + 10% bonus

Must be US Citizen or Green Card Holder

I’m currently partnered with a US-based Food & Beverage Manufacturing company who are looking for an experienced AVEVA MES Engineer to join their Manufacturing Technology team on a permanent basis.

This is a hands-on position that will be responsible for designing, developing and deploying MES solutions using AVEVA Wonderware MES as well as customizing MES applications to align with the requirements of the manufacturing processes and operations across multiple locations. This person will be responsible for leading end-to-end projects, providing support/development opportunities to more junior members of the team, providing training across the business and creating documentation/training material for MES processes.

Key skills and experience:

• Demonstrable experience working with AVEVA Wonderware (3+ years) – exposure to other MES platforms is useful too
• Ideally will come from an F&B or CPG background – open to other manufacturing backgrounds
• Ability to provide mentoring and development opportunities for more junior members of the team
• Programming experience with SQL, C#, .Net, JavaScript
• Strong hands-on experience with the ability to pivot within the role based on project and solution requirements

It’s preferred that this person be a commutable distance to Allentown, PA or Cincinnati, OH - we could also consider strong candidates who would work remote with occasional travel.

Interested? Apply to this posting here or send a copy of your resume directly to m.wright@lawrenceharvey.com

MES Solutions Lead (Pharma)

Raleigh, NC

$150-170k base salary

I’m currently partnered with a US-based systems integrator who are looking for an experienced MES Solutions Lead to lead the growth of their MES business across the LifeScience & Pharma Manufacturing space.

The MES Lead will work directly with customers to understand their objectives and requirements, then actively leading on the design, development and implementation of MES solutions. This role will be joining a small, but growing, team and will have the opportunity to build-out a team of experts around them whilst expanding the customer/client base through effective business development and expansion.

Key skills & Experience:

• Demonstrable experience as an MES expert (7+ years) with the ability to effectively create and implement solutions
• Experience with PharmaSuite MES platform is ideal – it’s an added bonus if experienced with PAS-X, POMS, Syncade or Apprentice
• Business development experience – includes bringing in new business and expanding existing relationships
• Ideally come from a systems integrator, solutions or consulting background – could also consider business owners coming from the LifeSciences/Pharma space

Interested? Apply now or send a copy of your resume to m.wright@lawrenceharvey.com

What You’ll Do:

●Build tools and automation to make our own engineering and data review work easier and faster
●Design, build, and scale our core data extraction, retrieval, and validation systems
●Work across the stack (Python backend, data + LLM pipelines, TypeScript UIs) to deliver production-ready features
●Architect and optimize AI-powered workflows for speed, accuracy, and reliability
●Experiment with and fine-tune LLMs for real-world data challenges
●Collaborate closely with the founder and early team to shape product strategy and technical direction

What We’re Looking For:

●A mix of high competence, work ethic, eagerness to learn, and kindness - we care about building a team that is smart and nice
●Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to work across backend, data, and UI layers
●Excitement about working with AI in a production setting
●Experience in Python; familiarity with TypeScript and/or willingness to learn quickly
●Comfort with ambiguity and ability to take ownership from idea to shipped product

Why Join Us:

●Join as a true founding engineer with significant ownership over product and technical decisions
●Work on AI systems you both build and use, ensuring fast feedback and continuous improvement
●Direct impact on customer outcomes and company trajectory
●Collaborative, low-ego, high-drive team culture
●Competitive salary and early-stage equity

Head of Engineering
Location - San Francisco
Employment Type - Full time
Location Type - On-site
 

Department - Engineering

Our client is the AI-native investment manager pioneering a new foundation model for investing in U.S. equities. We're building modular AI systems to predict market movements and outperform legacy managers. This is frontier research with immediate real-world validation. Your work will directly shape investment decisions and portfolio performance.

Location & Workstyle

San Francisco Bay Area (near Stanford). Hybrid: several days on-site per week. Relocation available.

About the role
Their building an ML-driven hedge fund focused on reshaping how trading decisions are made. We’re hiring our Founding Head of Engineering, the first engineering hire who will define our architecture, build the initial system, and act as both IC and product owner. You’ll work directly with the CEO, CFO, and Chief Scientist to create the technical backbone of our fund.

You’ll design and ship the first demo-able workflows, integrate with financial data providers, build reproducible pipelines, and create a thin UI layer that makes outputs usable for decision-makers and investors. Over time, you’ll help recruit engineers and data scientists as the company grows
 

Responsibilities:
• Own the architecture and development of Poesis’ first engineering systems: data ingestion, model/optimizer orchestration, and productization.
• Act as product manager: define workflows, release criteria, and usability standards in collaboration with leadership.
• Build reproducible pipelines and lightweight interfaces (CLI, dashboards, GUIs) for internal users and investor demos.
• Integrate various professional financial data providers (e.g., CapIQ, Bloomberg, FactSet, Refinitiv).
• Establish team practices: sprint cadence, release process, versioning, and documentation.
• Mentor and coordinate future hires.
 

Required Competencies:
• 6–10+ years of software engineering experience, including senior/staff IC roles.
• Experience building data-intensive or quant systems from scratch.
• Strong systems design and API/interface definition skills.
• Fluency in Python and modern data tooling (pandas/numpy, SQL, orchestration frameworks).
• Track record of productizing research or analytics into usable tools (dashboards, GUIs, or internal products).
• Comfortable building robust systems that can execute real world trades with extremely high accuracy.
• Comfortable working directly with executives and acting as de-facto PM.
• Willingness to work in-person in the Bay Area; relocation support available.
 

Preferred Competencies:
• Prior experience with professional financial data providers (CapIQ, Bloomberg, FactSet, Refinitiv).
• Familiarity with quantamental investing, portfolio optimization, or financial ML.
• Exposure to ML ops practices (feature stores, model registries, evaluation frameworks).
• Basic experience with LLM/RAG tooling for document processing (filings, transcripts).
• Basic understanding of trading an financial markets
 

Profile:
• You’re a founder-type engineer: comfortable owning undefined problems and building systems from zero.
• You can think like both an engineer and a PM: defining requirements, prioritizing, and shipping.
• You thrive in small teams with high autonomy and close collaboration.
• You’re pragmatic: quick to deliver something useful, then iterate.
• You want to build the technical backbone of a hedge fund from day one.
 

Current legal authorization to work in the US required; visa sponsorship considered later for full-time employees.