Platform Engineer

JOB SWITCH LTD
London, UK
4 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£65,000.0 - £90,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon Cloudfront Amazon S3 Bash Shell Cloud Computing Continuous Integration Python (Programming Language) Node.Js Datadog Circleci Pulumi
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Scripting Delivery Pipeline Grafana Containerization Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Cloudwatch Terraform Docker

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Engineering and Cloud Infrastructure @ Switch Tech Talent

Location: London - Hybrid (3 days a week in office)

As a Senior Platform Engineer you’ll join a rapidly growing B2B SaaS known for their expense management platform, playing a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable infrastructure and deployment pipelines. Making sure the platform remains secure, reliable, and high-performing as it scales globally.

Key Skills

  • Strong experience working as a Software Engineer or similar with large-scale infrastructure systems
  • Hands-on expertise with AWS services (e.g., ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront)
  • Solid background with containerisation technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
  • Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or NodeJS
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)
  • Experience with CI/CD tools like CircleCI, Codeship, Fastlane, or Bitrise
  • Excellent automation and monitoring skills (DataDog, CloudWatch, Grafana)

What they offer:

  • Competitive salary plus equity in the company
  • Generous vacation allowance to recharge
  • Private healthcare, medical insurance, gym allowance, and mental health support
  • Huge opportunities for growth as we scale
  • Work remotely from anywhere 20 days out of the year

If you’re a Senior Platform Engineer with the above, we want to hear from you!

Seniority level

  • Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Employment typeFull-time

Job function

  • Job functionInformation Technology
  • IndustriesRetail

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Requirements

  • Strong experience working as a Software Engineer or similar with large-scale infrastructure systems
  • Hands-on expertise with AWS services (e.g., ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront)
  • Solid background with containerisation technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, or ECS
  • Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or NodeJS
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi)
  • Experience with CI/CD tools like CircleCI, Codeship, Fastlane, or Bitrise
  • Excellent automation and monitoring skills (DataDog, CloudWatch, Grafana)

Benefits & conditions

  • Competitive salary plus equity in the company
  • Generous vacation allowance to recharge
  • Private healthcare, medical insurance, gym allowance, and mental health support
  • Huge opportunities for growth as we scale
  • Work remotely from anywhere 20 days out of the year

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