Senior Platform Engineer – Hybrid (London) – AWS / Kafka / Infrastructure as code (IaC)
Location: Hybrid (2 days/week in London office)
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
About the Role
We’re looking for a skilled Senior Platform Engineer to help shape and scale a modern cloud-native platform that underpins high-volume data processing. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on enabling development teams through robust infrastructure, automation, and tooling.
You’ll be instrumental in evolving a lean, event-driven architecture that supports real-time data flows and complex backend services. Working in a collaborative environment, you’ll help drive platform strategy, improve developer experience, and ensure systems are secure, observable, and cost-efficient.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving infrastructure challenges, mentoring others, and building systems that make a real-world impact. especially in a domain where technology directly supports creative industries.
Key Responsibilities
* Own the full lifecycle of platform development: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.
* Support development teams with infrastructure and platform tooling.
* Collaborate with InfoSec and global platform teams to maintain security and compliance.
* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and cost optimisation strategies.
* Mentor and coach engineers on platform best practices.
Tech Stack Highlights
* AWS (ECS, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, OpenSearch)
* Pulumi (TypeScript) for infrastructure as code
* Kafka (Confluent Cloud) for event-driven architecture
* GitHub Actions for CI/CD
* DataDog for observability
* Containerised microservices architecture
What We’re Looking For
* Strong programming background (Java or TypeScript preferred)
* Experience designing scalable, resilient cloud infrastructure
* Familiarity with event-driven systems and Kafka
* Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure automation tools (Pulumi, Terraform, etc.)
* Understanding of Domain-Driven Design and collaborative modelling
* Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, OpenSearch)
* Bonus: Experience with monolith-to-microservices migrations
Why Join?
* Flexible working (hybrid London)
* Enhanced holiday allowance
* Mental and physical health initiatives
* Pension scheme
* Inclusive, values-driven culture
* Work on meaningful tech that supports a growing industry