Developer Platforms Engineer
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Job description
As a member of the developer platforms team you'll be in a role managing, securing and promoting our various developer platforms within Centrica, you'll be engaging with many teams across the business and have a chance to make a difference helping make their day to day easier and more robust.
Day to day
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Handling support issues for our end users and making sure they have what they need to do their jobs
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Working on onboarding new developer platforms, securing and documenting them
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Enabling teams by helping with setup and ongoing support of their consumed platforms
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Building automations to improve and smooth out the processes and journeys developers go on when using our platforms
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Delivering new guardrails and enabling teams with new feature demos/templates/etc.
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Keeping up to date on the latest from our suppliers and internally promoting new features to help developers get the most out of our platforms, Designs, integrates and operates AI-enabled solutions within enterprise environments, including prompt-driven workflows, retrieval-augmented systems and AI agents.
Applies structured evaluation, testing and monitoring practices to ensure AI outputs are reliable, secure and compliant with organisational guardrails.
Prepares and manages data used in AI workflows and takes responsibility for the responsible lifecycle of AI features from experimentation through deployment and continuous improvement.
Requirements
A good attitude and outlook, someone able to bridge the gap between management and non-technical stakeholders and the development teams
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Experience using and running developer platforms, including but not limited to; GitHub, AWS and Azure
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A willingness to jump in and learn new technologies, 3 or more years GitHub experience
3 or more years experience of Cloud Computing (AWS or Azure)
Demonstrable git skills
Experience with configuration management tools like Terraform.
Experience with a languages like go, python and nodejs
Experience with continuous integration systems
Demonstrable hands on experience of running highly available services
Expert problem solving skills
Personal Traits
Passionate about software: Active on GitHub
A self-starter who knows how to RTFM
Easy to work with; open, honest, and good sense of humour
Upbeat and optimistic; comfortable celebrating failure when it leads to learning and iteration.
Benefits & conditions
Enjoy a generous market salary, along with fantastic growth opportunities and a vibrant work environment!
Power up your pay with a 15% Employee Energy Allowance, surpassing the government's price cap!
Secure your future with our comprehensive pension plan, designed for peace of mind.
Elevate your health with our fully-funded company healthcare plan, prioritizing your well-being.
Recharge with a generous 25-day holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and even purchase up to 5 extra days for extended relaxation!
Experience unparalleled work-life balance with an exceptional selection of flexible benefits, from tech treats and eco-friendly car leases to travel insurance for your adventures!
About the job
Design, Build and Operate Developer platforms for development teams throughout Centrica to consume.
Work with stakeholders such as Infosec, Strategy and Architecture and T&N to ensure our developer platforms deliver to their requirements.
Provide guidance on developer best practises.
Work with our Cloud Engineering and development teams to deliver highly available tools and services to assist with operational and development tasks
Empower our developer teams to deliver.