Senior Platform Engineer, Foundations

• Design, operate, and continuously improve highly available platform services, including managed Kubernetes clusters, Kafka, CI/CD systems, artifact management, and shared infrastructure
• Build secure, scalable infrastructure across AWS and other cloud environments using infrastructure as code and repeatable automation
• Improve production reliability through SLOs, graceful degradation, self-healing, automated recovery, and incident response
• Create self-service workflows and platform abstractions that reduce cognitive load for R&D teams
• Partner with Information Security, Cost Optimization, and engineering teams to strengthen controls and improve cloud efficiency
• Influence technical direction and contribute to the platform roadmap
• Own complex technical work from inception through production
• Help create highly available, observable, secure, and user-friendly systems for engineers

Requirements

• Deep experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting production infrastructure in AWS, including IAM, EC2, EKS, RDS, MSK, S3, Lambda, VPC, and networking
• Experience administering and scaling multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters and production Kafka or other streaming platforms
• Experience with Kubernetes upgrades, workload isolation, reliability, security, and incident response
• Experience building and maintaining infrastructure as code, pipeline-as-code, containerization, and cloud-native systems
• Experience with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, or Kubernetes
• Experience designing production observability and tuning relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL
• Experience with Datadog or Prometheus
• Strong software-engineering or scripting skills in Python, Go, Java, Scala, or shell
• Track record of owning ambiguous cross-functional problems and clearly communicating tradeoffs
• Experience elevating developer productivity or developer experience
• Experience building self-service tooling or reusable platform abstractions
• Interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, or curiosity and willingness to learn
• Experience operating in a security standards-compliant environment such as ISO 27001, NIST 800-171, or SOC 2
• Legally authorized to work for any employer in the United Kingdom without restrictions

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating highly available cloud infrastructure, particularly in AWS, while employing infrastructure as code and automation practices. Proven ability to enhance production reliability and developer experience through self-service tooling and observability solutions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• AWS Infrastructure Design
• Kubernetes Administration
• Infrastructure As Code
• Production Observability
• Security Standards Compliance

Hard Skills

• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Helm
• Ansible
• Jenkins
• Docker
• Python
• Go
• PostgreSQL

Soft Skills

• Cross-Functional Communication
• Problem Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• ISO 27001
• NIST 800-171
• SOC 2

Industry Keywords

• Cloud Efficiency
• Incident Response
• Self-Service Workflows
• Blockchain Technology

Tools & Technologies

• Kafka
• GitHub Actions
• Datadog
• Prometheus