Platform Engineer
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Job description
Join our Nebula squad as a Platform Engineer. You'll collaborate with a dynamic team including Product Manager, Engineering Lead, and fellow engineers to define and build the tools and capabilities that will define our platform and developer experience.
You'll be joining us at a pivotal moment! We're transitioning to a product-driven culture where your voice and expertise will directly shape our strategic direction. This isn't just another engineering role-it's an opportunity to leave your mark on something transformative., * Identify, implement and maintain developer experience and platform tooling to drive productivity within engineering
- Build generic elements of our customer-facing platform.
- Contribute to CI/CD strategy with internal stakeholders and establish patterns that can be adopted company-wide
- Monitor and drive improvements to performance and platform metrics
- Collaborate with your colleagues and be a strong team player and mentor
- Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback
- Continuously grow yourself, the team and organisation, * Employs technical excellence; produces high-quality, optimised and efficient solutions
- Shifts engineering practices left; front-loads requirements, design, testing and success metrics
- Executes pragmatic plans; tests assumptions through small, iterative and measurable changes
- Owns end-to-end delivery; breaks down complex problems and communicates progress proactively
- Implements user-centred thinking; crafts accessible interfaces considering diverse user needs
- Collaborates cross-functionally; works closely with product, design and participates in agile ceremonies
- Partners with Product; translates business requirements into technical solutions with balanced judgement
- Balances technical debt; makes informed decisions about refactoring versus new development
- Demonstrates strategic thinking; considers trade-offs, prioritises efforts and drives innovation
- Shows adaptability; embraces alternative approaches when new information emerges
- Communicates effectively; documents technical decisions and translates complex concepts for all stakeholders
- Focuses on growth; self-motivates through continuous learning whilst guiding and mentoring others
Requirements
- Built and maintained production applications end-to-end with proven success
- Skills in optimising application performance (frontend & backend)
- Worked with complex APIs
- General DevOps experience
- Pipelines, CI/CD with GitLab, GitHub or similar
- Experience with Kubernetes and Helm
- Strong Java experience
- Ability to develop with other languages like PHP or Python
- Understanding microservice architectures
- Terraform
- Knowledge of Open Telemetry, Prometheus etc.
- Strong knowledge of TDD
Preferred
- AWS API Gateway
- Experience with AWS
- Experience of platform engineering and providing tooling for other developers
- Experience with Grafana or similar
- Understanding of auth patterns, access control, etc.
- Rabbit, Kafka, etc.
- Backstage or similar
- Experience establishing development conventions or coding standards
Nice to have
- Previous exposure to the Product Operating Model (or any product-driven approach)
Benefits & conditions
Here's why we're confident you'll love being part of our team:
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?? The chance to join a creative, entrepreneurial company where bold ideas are celebrated.
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?? Full training, ongoing support, and the tools to help you thrive and grow in your role.
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?? We're a company with heart. We genuinely care about our people and make sure everyone feels valued, respected, and part of the family.
For UK: Benefits Of Being Part of the Team: ??
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25 days holiday
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Buy up to 5 days additional holiday
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Birthday Day off
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Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
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Group Company Pension Scheme
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Private Medical Insurance
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Discounted Gym membership at over 3000 Gyms
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Dental cover
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Optical cover
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Company Sick Pay Scheme
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Cycle to work scheme
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Onsite parking
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Access to a variety of online discounts on major retailers
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Employee assistance program