Senior Platform Engineer &##128205; UK Remote | &##128176;£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 senior platform engineer who is passionate about developer
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 empower engineers with self-serve capabilities helping them ship faster and more efficiently.
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
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
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
Bonus skills
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.