Staff Platform Engineer (Azure, Kubernetes)

Job summary

Join the Platform Engineering team at Confused.com to build the internal developer platform, CI/CD, and reliability tooling that enables engineering teams to deliver changes quickly and securely. This leadership role involves setting platform direction, owning technical strategy, and collaborating with various engineering teams to enhance developer experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in adopting shared platforms and standards
• Built and operated scalable consumer-facing systems
• Designed cost-optimised cloud platforms
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Strong observability practices
• Broad understanding of platform and developer experience
• Implemented SLOs and managed incidents
• Proficient with AI development tools
• Quick learner of new technologies
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle
• Developed APIs or CLIs for internal use
• Outcome-focused and pragmatic

Responsibilities

• Lead and evangelise platform direction
• Use logs and metrics to inform decisions
• Own technical strategy and decisions
• Manage stack end to end against business requirements
• Run containers at scale on Kubernetes
• Collaborate with engineering teams
• Share knowledge and challenge ideas
• Utilize AI development tools

Skills

Relocation