Insight Global is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer for a global retailer to take technical ownership of and scale an enterprise AI platform within GCP.This is a senior individual contributor role with no direct reports, though this person will provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams. The ideal candidate has personally built and operated enterprise AI/ML platforms in production, specifically within GCP and Vertex AI, and can own critical platform architecture decisions.Responsibilities: Own and evolve the enterprise AI platform architecture within GCPBuild and scale Vertex AI MLOps capabilities, including training pipelines, Model Registry, evaluation/approval workflows, and model servingEstablish MLOps/LLMOps standards across development, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle managementBuild Gen AI platform capabilities including RAG, grounding, prompt management, guardrails, evaluations, agents, and MCP integrationDevelop reusable Terraform modules, Infrastructure-as-Code, policy-as-code, and CI/CD pipelinesCreate self-service “golden path” templates for engineering teamsImplement AI/ML observability and Fin Ops practices, including tracing, drift detection, latency, token usage, and cost monitoringEstablish platform standards around security, governance, scalability,



and responsible AIRemain hands-on with Python while owning key architecture decisionsProvide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering, data, architecture, security, and product teams Required Skills & Experience 10+ years of experience across platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, software engineering, or enterprise architectureProven experience building and operating enterprise AI/ML platforms in productionDeep hands-on expertise with GCP and Vertex AIStrong experience with MLOps and LLMOps architectureVertex AI experience across training pipelines, Model Registry, evaluation/approval, and model servingGen AI experience with RAG, grounding, guardrails, evaluations, agents, and/or MCPStrong Terraform, Infrastructure-as-Code, policy-as-code, and CI/CD experienceExperience building reusable/self-service platform capabilities for other engineering teamsExperience with AI/ML observability and Fin OpsAdvanced Python software engineering skillsAbility to independently own major platform architecture decisions Pay Transparency:Expected salary starting at $200,000Vacancy Disclosure:This role is for a recent vacant opening within a growth project.Please note, artificial intelligence tools are used to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this position.#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Principal Platform Engineer (Vancouver)
🏢 Insight Global
📍 Vancouver