Senior Platform Engineer

Orlaroseassociates; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic software company based in Colchester is on the lookout for a Platform Engineer to design and maintain their Internal Developer Platform and cloud infrastructure. This role involves building self-service tooling, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating across teams to enhance developer experience. Ideal candidates will possess over 3 years of experience in platform engineering or DevOps, strong troubleshooting skills, and a passionate, curious attitude towards technology. Join us and make a tangible impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Empathetic toward developers and passionate about reducing friction.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive initiatives end-to-end.
• Strong communicator with a sense of ownership and a bias for action.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve self-service tooling, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, and cloud environments.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform.
• Collaborate with SRE, Security, and application teams to define standards.

Skills

3+ years’ experience in platform engineering

DevOps or cloud infrastructure roles

Strong troubleshooting skills

Agile team experience

Experience with large-scale deployments

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Azure

Job description

Colchester, Essex - Hybrid model of 2-3 days per week in office

Term

Full Time

Job Description

About the role

We’re on a mission to help create a safer and fairer world. We build software that enables public sector organisations to enforce and track traffic and parking offences, manage permits and licences, and control high-risk assets.

Following significant investment and a period of rapid growth, we’re scaling our platform, strengthening our ways of working, and building robust systems and processes to support the next phase of expansion in the UK and internationally.

This is an exciting time to join. We’re looking for ambitious, forward-thinking people who want to make a real impact and grow their careers in a fast-moving environment.

Summary

In this role, you’ll contribute to technology that helps customers make the world safer and fairer. As a Platform Engineer, you’ll design, build, and maintain our Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and cloud infrastructure—enabling engineering teams to ship high-quality software faster and more reliably.

Key responsibilities

• Build and evolve self-service tooling, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, and cloud environments (Azure)
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform and Ansible, alongside GitOps workflows
• Create “golden paths” and “paved roads” to reduce cognitive load and improve developer experience
• Monitor, optimise, and ensure security, scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency of the platform
• Collaborate with SRE, Security, and application teams to define standards and best practices
• Automate repetitive tasks and reduce toil through tooling, documentation, and runbooks
• Drive adoption of modern platform practices such as observability, progressive delivery, and chaos engineering

We’re looking for someone who is

• Empathetic toward developers and passionate about reducing friction
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive initiatives end-to-end
• Energised by a fast-paced environment
• Curious and committed to continuous learning and knowledge-sharing
• A strong communicator with a sense of ownership and a bias for action

Your experience

• 3+ years’ experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure roles
• A proven track record of building and scaling production-grade systems
• Experience working in agile teams with fast iteration cycles
• Exposure to large-scale deployments supporting 100+ developers or multiple product teams
• Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed systems, with a focus on performance and cost optimisation

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