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Platform Engineer

Kaluza · London, ENG, United Kingdom
London, ENG, United Kingdom56,000-84,000 GBP/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
56,000-84,000 GBP/yearly
Location
London, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
No visa sponsorship

Job summary

The Platform Engineer role is essential for enhancing the internal developer platform, enabling software teams to operate efficiently. Responsibilities include designing a scalable platform, implementing automation with Terraform and Helm, establishing monitoring systems, ensuring security compliance, and mentoring team members while collaborating with stakeholders.

Qualifications

  • Strong experience designing, building, and operating production applications at scale
  • Excellent technical leadership, communication, and collaboration skills
  • Deep expertise with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure
  • Hands-on experience architecting, managing, and maintaining production Kubernetes clusters
  • A deep understanding of distributed systems and resiliency patterns
  • Proven expertise with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps patterns, and Infrastructure as Code technologies

Responsibilities

  • Design and build a scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly platform
  • Drive self-service tooling and abstractions to hide platform complexity
  • Lead the use of Terraform, Helm, and Crossplane to automate provisioning
  • Establish robust monitoring, logging, and tracing foundations
  • Embed automated security controls and ensure compliance
  • Mentor engineers in the team and foster strong relationships with stakeholders

Skills

AWSAzureGCPGoHelmKubernetesTerraform

Relocation

No