Platform Engineer and SRE — Build Scalable Infra

Ashby, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Platform Engineer to enhance their cloud-based hiring platform. In this role, you will optimize the SQL compiler, implement secure infrastructure, and collaborate with engineering teams to streamline processes. Ideal candidates will have experience in infrastructure management, a knack for problem-solving, and the ability to balance reliability with flexibility. The company promotes a culture of ownership and minimal processes, encouraging engineers to make their own decisions and impact core features.

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity

Unlimited PTO

Education budget

Fully paid parental leave

Top-tier health insurance

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge in scaling infrastructure and debugging.
• Ability to balance reliability and flexibility in systems.
• Experience with cloud-based infrastructures, preferably AWS.

Responsibilities

• Optimize our SQL compiler and tools for developers.
• Implement infrastructure to support an event-driven architecture.
• Ensure communication with external services supports retries.

Skills

Problem-solving

Infrastructure-as-code

SQL

Typescript

Kubernetes

Education

Experience with infrastructure in startups

Tools

Postgres

Redis

Datadog

Sentry

Job description

A leading software company is seeking a Platform Engineer to enhance their cloud-based hiring platform. In this role, you will optimize the SQL compiler, implement secure infrastructure, and collaborate with engineering teams to streamline processes. Ideal candidates will have experience in infrastructure management, a knack for problem-solving, and the ability to balance reliability with flexibility. The company promotes a culture of ownership and minimal processes, encouraging engineers to make their own decisions and impact core features.