Release Platform Engineer

Job summary

The Release Platform Engineer is tasked with developing automated systems that facilitate safe and efficient software deployment across global development pipelines. This role involves managing source-code-management tools like GitLab, creating applications with Python, Go, React, and TypeScript, and implementing automation to enhance compliance and traceability in software changes.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience in software engineering, DevOps, or platform roles
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages such as Python, Go or Bash
• Strong understanding of version control systems like GitLab and Artifactory
• Practical knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems
• Hands-on experience with AI-native engineering, including LLM platforms and prompt engineering
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL and AlloyDB
• Frontend development skills using React and TypeScript
• Understanding of observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk
• Knowledge of security and compliance standards within source-code management

Responsibilities

• Operate and improve release and compliance platforms built in Python and Go
• Support automated release approvals and software-change auditing
• Administer the source-code-management tooling estate and supporting services
• Develop and maintain user interfaces using React and TypeScript
• Ensure application availability and resolve issues across the platform estate
• Write automation and integrations to reduce manual toil
• Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform; containerise services with Docker on Kubernetes (GKE) hosted on GCP
• Participate in on-call services as a technical escalation point
• Build dashboards and alerts to monitor pipeline reliability
• Coach and mentor colleagues across the wider engineering function

Skills

Relocation