Lead Platform Engineer: AI & Cybersecurity, Hybrid London

SR2 Clean Energy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge AI startup in London is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to take ownership of their cloud infrastructure. As the first platform engineering hire, you will collaborate with ML and Product teams to build scalable solutions. Ideal candidates will have deep experience with Kubernetes and AWS, along with strong infrastructure as code skills. The position offers up to £100,000, equity options, and a hybrid working model, ensuring flexibility and technical freedom.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Equity options

Pension scheme

Private health insurance

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Qualifications

• Deep AWS experience including EKS, IAM, VPC, EC2, and S3.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes operations and networking.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Own the multi-cloud strategy ensuring reliability and security.
• Build reusable platform primitives for networking and CI/CD.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Docker

Prometheus

Job description

A cutting-edge AI startup in London is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to take ownership of their cloud infrastructure. As the first platform engineering hire, you will collaborate with ML and Product teams to build scalable solutions. Ideal candidates will have deep experience with Kubernetes and AWS, along with strong infrastructure as code skills. The position offers up to £100,000, equity options, and a hybrid working model, ensuring flexibility and technical freedom.