Senior Platform Engineer – Kubernetes & Infra (On‑Prem)

Cosine group; Harrow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology startup in Harrow is seeking a DevOps Engineer to own the core infrastructure that powers their innovative products. This role includes designing and managing Kubernetes clusters, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and enhancing reliability through established SLOs. Ideal candidates should have over 5 years of production infrastructure experience, particularly with Kubernetes and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform. This in-office position emphasizes collaboration and offers competitive compensation and equity options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Equity options

30 days holiday

Dog-friendly office

Daily lunch provided

Pension plan

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and operating production infrastructure on major cloud platforms.
• Significant hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production.
• Strong experience with IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi).
• Experience in incident management and on-call rotations.
• Strong scripting skills in a modern language (e.g., Python, Go).

Responsibilities

• Design and operate a Kubernetes-based platform for deployments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous delivery.
• Define SLOs and improve observability for services.
• Shape the networking and security models for infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product and research teams to align needs.

Skills

Production infrastructure management

Kubernetes expertise

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Scripting and programming

Observability tools setup

Collaboration in fast-paced environments

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

A technology startup in Harrow is seeking a DevOps Engineer to own the core infrastructure that powers their innovative products. This role includes designing and managing Kubernetes clusters, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and enhancing reliability through established SLOs. Ideal candidates should have over 5 years of production infrastructure experience, particularly with Kubernetes and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform. This in-office position emphasizes collaboration and offers competitive compensation and equity options.