Senior Platform Engineer - Resilience & Scale

Applied Intuition Inc.; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to enhance platform resilience across teams. This role involves technical leadership, improving systems, and mentoring engineers. The ideal candidate is experienced in software engineering, cloud solutions, and automation. This position offers the flexibility to work in London or remotely within the UK, along with a collaborative culture focused on employee development.

Benefits

Relocation support

Visa sponsorship

Flexible working hours

Learning budget of £1,000

Home office setup support

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in software engineering, especially with backend services.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP, proficient in Kubernetes.
• Experience solving problems through automation with Infrastructure as Code tools.

Responsibilities

• Focus on improving platform resilience through better tooling and abstractions.
• Collaborate with the Engineering Director for technical leadership.
• Enhance reliability across teams and promote a culture of quality.

Skills

Software engineering foundations

Cloud and container experience

Automation and Infrastructure as Code

System curiosity

Platform mindset

Comfort with Ambiguity

Tools

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Go

Job description

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to enhance platform resilience across teams. This role involves technical leadership, improving systems, and mentoring engineers. The ideal candidate is experienced in software engineering, cloud solutions, and automation. This position offers the flexibility to work in London or remotely within the UK, along with a collaborative culture focused on employee development.