Onsite Platform Engineer – IC4

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About the role

  • Platform Engineer focusing on AWS services and infrastructure modernization for a cloud-based POS provider. Responsibilities include design, deployment, and mentoring in engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate core platform services on AWS, leveraging Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub Actions to enable secure, scalable delivery.
  • Lead and contribute to infrastructure-as-code, platform APIs, observability, and runtime tooling (Go/Node.js) that improve reliability and time-to-market.
  • Drive best practices in CI/CD, security, cost optimisation, and performance; reduce toil through automation and self-service.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define standards, guide architecture, and support migrations to modern platform patterns.
  • Own services end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, incident response, and post-incident review.
  • Mentor engineers, share knowledge, and contribute to an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.

Requirements

  • Senior-level platform/SRE experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS) for high-availability systems.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Terraform (or equivalent IaC), plus CI/CD at scale.
  • Proficiency in one or more of Go or Node.js for building platform tooling/services.
  • Solid grasp of networking, security, observability, and cost control in cloud-native environments.
  • Track record of leading initiatives, influencing architecture, and mentoring others.
  • Pragmatic mindset focused on clean, testable code, automation, and measurable impact.

Benefits

  • Company pension
  • On-site parking

Job title

Platform Engineer – IC4

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£32,000 - £40,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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