VP of AI Engineering

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.
Job Title: VP - R&D – AI Core Services Development
Cambridge, London, UK (Hybrid)
Type: Full-Time
We are searching for an accomplished Software Development Leader to build and lead the development of core AI Services for our Industrial Intelligence Software Platform.
In this role, you will be responsible for delivering secure, reliable, highly available, and scalable platform services that will serve as foundational building blocks for AI capabilities across AVEVA’s product portfolio and partner ecosystem.
These services will power intelligent industrial solutions at global scale.
You will lead a talented team of engineers to architect, build, and evolve distributed cloud-native services and public APIs that enable democratized access to AI capabilities, accelerating innovation and adoption across domains, technology teams, and external partners.
Platform Services Development
Drive the Execution, Design, and Build of Core AI services that are scalable, reusable, secure, reliable, and highly available.
Ensure the Core AI Services (Orchestration, SDKs, etc.) Ensure Core AI services are sustainable and follow best practices for validation, continuous, delivery, disaster recovery, etc.
Drive adoption and reuse of core AI services by AVEVA product and capability teams
Enable self-service access, reference implementations, and integration toolkits to lower the barrier to entry.
Engage with other execution leaders and collaborate with enablement teams to support Core AI adoption.
Ensure compliance with global AI regulations and emerging governance frameworks.
Establish processes for responsible AI, model explainability, observability, and auditability.
AI & Cloud Expertise
Provide strong execution leadership in AI and cloud-native software development
Guide the use of modern AI frameworks, data pipelines, inference engines, and orchestration platforms.
Collaborate with Product Managers and Architects and to translate industrial AI use cases into services capabilities.
Build and lead a high-performing, cross-functional development team with a strong culture of engineering excellence.
20+ years of experience in software product development, with 10+ years in leadership roles focused on development of cloud-native platforms or AI services
~ Proven experience building distributed, secure, and scalable cloud/AI services (ideally on Microsoft Azure) which accelerate value delivery to customers
~ Solid background in AI/ML technologies, including experience in AI models and tools
~ Familiarity with the latest AI standards including Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent2Agent (A2A)
~ Familiarity with AI regulations (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF) and responsible AI principles.
~ Scalability, Reliability, Availability, and Security of core AI services in production.
Developer experience and ease-of-use of AI Services APIs.
Compliance with applicable AI governance and regulatory requirements.
Engagement and growth of the core AI services team.
Our global team of 2000+ developers work on an incredibly diverse portfolio of over 75 industrial automation and engineering products, which cover everything from data management to 3D design. AI and cloud are at the centre of our strategy, and we have over 150 patents to our name.
Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program.
Hybrid working
By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote.
AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.
We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.