Principal Platform Engineer
The Very Group
Overview
In this role you will shape and evolve the core platform that powers hundreds of engineers and countless customer experiences at Very. You will design secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and streamline CI/CD to speed delivery. You will guide teams through complex platform challenges and drive improvements that raise reliability and developer experience. This role offers broad impact, opportunities to experiment, and a clear path to raise the bar across the engineering organization.
Pay / Benefits- Flexible, hybrid working model
- Inclusive culture and environment
- 1000 flexible benefits allowance
- 30 days holiday + bank holidays
- Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk
- Matched pension up to 6%
- Shape and evolve cloud infrastructure to be secure, scalable, and reusable
- Improve CI/CD pipelines and automation to accelerate release velocity
- Reduce toil by introducing smarter tooling and automating repetitive tasks
- Provide hands-on guidance to teams tackling complex platform challenges
- Connect systems, platforms, and services to ensure seamless operation
- Identify and implement performance, reliability, and developer experience improvements
- Champion modern engineering practices and support teams in adopting them with confidence
- Troubleshooting skills and curiosity about how systems behave in real world
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, automation, and configuration management
- Strong background in scripting or programming (e.g., Java, Python, Bash)
- Proficiency with Linux environments, networking fundamentals, and integrated systems
- Understanding of CI/CD and version control and how they support good delivery
- Experience in large-scale, reliability-focused environments
- Curiosity about how complex systems work
- Balance between hands-on and big-picture thinking
- Proactive improvement mindset
- Cloud infrastructure
- Automation
- Configuration management
Reference: WJ-747_30145662