Job Specifications
Senior Platform Engineer
UK Remote | PS80,000 Salary + Benefits
The Company
A fast-growing SaaS company is building the next generation of scalable, cloud-native solutions to support the financial services sector. Their mission is to enable businesses to operate more efficiently through their automation platform, and they are investing heavily in platform engineering to streamline development and improve the overall engineering experience.
They are looking for a platform engineer who is passionate about developer
experience, self-serve tooling, and platform enablement. This is not a traditional DevOps or SRE role, your focus will be on building scalable internal platforms that unblock development teams, reduce cognitive load, and provide a seamless developer experience.
You will play a key role in transitioning the current tech stack and introducing best practices, governance, and reusable infrastructure patterns. You will empower engineers with self-serve capabilities helping them ship faster and more efficiently.
What you'll be doing
Building and enhancing internal developer platforms to simplify onboarding and deployment processes
Creating golden paths for common engineering needs, such as AWS database provisioning, security best practices, and infrastructure templates
Improving pipelines and automation to remove bottlenecks in the development lifecycle
Treating the platform as a product, with internal developers as your customers
Defining and implementing standards, governance, and best practices to improve engineering efficiency
Supporting the transition from AWS CDK to Terraform
Leading the shift from Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions for CI/CD
Implementing monitoring solutions such as New Relic to enhance system reliability
What we're looking for
Proven platform engineering experience, with a track record of unblocking teams, improving developer experience, and building internal tooling
Strong AWS and Terraform knowledge, with experience in infrastructure-as-code solutions
CI/CD expertise, comfortable with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms
A software engineering background, with experience in backend development and the ability to build internal libraries and tooling
A mindset for enablement, focusing on efficiency, self-serve, and automation rather than manual operational tasks
Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to align platform initiatives with business goals
Bonus skills
Experience with Spotify Backstage or other internal developer portals
Background in flow engineering and breaking down monolithic architectures
Experience with ECS and containerized applications (Kubernetes is not used in this environment)
Interview process
Intro call; 30-minute discussion to understand your experience and motivations
Technical deep dive; problem-solving session focused on cloud or developer experience challenges
This role is a true platform engineering opportunity, focusing on developer empowerment, efficiency, and self-serve automation.
If you're passionate about enabling engineers to do their best work, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or reach out for more details!