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# Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

- **Company:** Thought Machine
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Disaster Recovery, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Data Streaming, Circleci, Grafana, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Docker, Jenkins, Golang
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-infrastructure-thought-machine-8140964

## About the Role

* A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a similar technical field
 * 3-5 years of hands-on experience
 * Experience developing production-ready infrastructure management tooling with either Python or Golang
 * Familiarity with at least one of the following:
 + Observability Tools (e.g. Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana)
 + Databases (e.g. Postgres, DuckDB)
 + Event Streaming platforms (e.g. Kafka)
 + Container Orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
 * Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP
 * Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g. Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab, GitHub Actions)

Desirable

 * Experience supporting production systems in high-consistency transactional environments, We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.

## Description

* Support the engineering team in building reliable, scalable applications
 * Help design and build tools to make our services scalable and highly available, automating wherever possible
 * Develop observability and orchestration tooling to allow our customers to monitor and manage their deployments
 * Contribute to disaster recovery, backup and redundancy tooling and strategy
 * Assist in improving the quality of our codebase by building new tools and processes


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