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Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer
Role Summary: Architect, design, and maintain scalable, highly available, and secure cloud‑hosted platforms. Lead engineering initiatives, drive continuous improvement, and deliver features that enhance platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
Expectations: Own end‑to‑end project delivery, mentor junior engineers, influence technical direction, and actively improve processes. Demonstrate strong judgment, proactive problem‑solving, and a commitment to quality and security.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement new features and enhancements for cloud‑hosted solutions.
- Build and manage platform infrastructure and applications, ensuring scalability and high availability.
- Develop and document internal processes, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment procedures.
- Perform code reviews, debug complex issues, and optimize system performance.
- Lead architectural improvements, prototype rapid delivery, and support production readiness.
- Mentor and onboard new team members, provide constructive feedback, and participate in hiring.
- Ensure compliance with security standards (PCI‑DSS, SOC2, ISO27001) and industry best practices.
Required Skills:
- Proficient in AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3) and cloud design (load balancing, autoscaling, high availability, disaster recovery).
- Infrastructure‑as‑Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Automation/configuration tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
- CI/CD pipeline development and management.
- Strong programming in Python (or equivalent high‑level language).
- Containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm) knowledge.
- Networking fundamentals, troubleshooting, and debugging.
- Agile/Scrum methodology experience.
- Excellent communication, mentorship, and ownership mindset.
- Knowledge of compliance standards (PCI‑DSS, SOC2, ISO27001) is a plus.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required.
- Minimum 2 years of professional experience (3+ years preferred).
- Advanced degree (Master’s, MBA, JD, MD, PhD) acceptable with 2+ years experience.
- No mandatory certifications specified.
Cambridge, United kingdom
On site
Senior
25-03-2026