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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - **Company:** Kyc. - **Location:** Glasgow, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Encompass, Python (Programming Language), Routing, Ansible, Prometheus, Systems Integration, Pulumi, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Firewalls (Computer Science), Git, Containerization, Kubernetes, Real Time Data, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Docker, Jenkins, Artifactory, Golang - **Published:** August 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/job/gbd25bfc3a42d9601efb52d5950a2c2b73/eaa ## About the Role · Deep expertise in CI/CD, automation, and pipeline architecture. · Mastery of IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) and config management (e.g., Ansible, Chef). · Strong AWS architecture skills and cost optimisation strategies · Advanced containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.). · Proficiency in observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry). · Security-first mindset with hands-on experience in access control, encryption, and incident response. · Solid networking knowledge - protocols, routing, firewalls, and cloud networking. · Experience integrating and optimizing software delivery ecosystems (Git, Artifactory, Jenkins) as part of a cohesive platform strategy. · Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Go, etc.). · Proven leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder communication skills. · A knack for solving hard problems and making systems better. · You'll help shape the future of our infrastructure and the team itself. ## Description Encompass enables fast, accurate identity validation and verification of corporate customers, and a gold standard approach to KYC. Our award-winning corporate digital identity (CDI) platform incorporates real-time data and documents from authoritative global public data sources and private customer information, to create and maintain digital risk profiles. By delivering structured KYC data and CDI profiles directly into core banking applications, Encompass powers successful AI initiatives, ensuring insights are accurate and actionable. Utilizing the expertise of a global transformation team of KYC and banking industry experts, as well as strategic data, technology and consulting partnerships, enables seamless integration of EC360 into existing workflows and systems. With Encompass the world's leading banks improve client experience and increase business opportunities through consistent regulatory compliance and risk mitigation. With offices in Amsterdam, Glasgow, London, New York, and Sydney, we are a rapidly growing international company offering a chance to be part of our success - read on if you think you're up for the challenge! About the role We're building a modern Platform Engineering team focused on creating self-service, scalable platforms that empower developers and accelerate delivery. This isn't about "doing DevOps" for others; it's about engineering resilient systems, improving developer experience, and enabling teams through automation and architecture. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll lead the design, implementation, and evolution of complex infrastructure projects that power our engineering teams and products. You'll drive large-scale initiatives independently, mentor others, and shape the future of our platform strategy. 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