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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Compute Platform Engineer - **Company:** GSK - **Location:** Greater London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Computing Platforms, Confluence, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, CMake, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Github, Python (Programming Language), OpenMP, Open Source Technology, Package Management Systems, Cloud Services, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Workflow Management Systems, Circleci, Data Logging, Google Cloud, High Performance Computing, Gitlab, Git, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Build Tools, Hardware Infrastructure, Docker, Jenkins - **Published:** September 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840615229-senior-compute-platform-engineer ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in data engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline. * 6+ years of professional experience. * Experience with Python. * Experience with Cloud. * Experience with High Performance Compute (HPC)., * Deep knowledge and use of at least one common programming language: e.g., Python, C++, Java, including toolchains for documentation, testing, and operations / observability. * Deep expertise in modern software development tools / ways of working (e.g., git/GitHub, DevOps tools, metrics / monitoring). * Deep cloud expertise (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure), including infrastructure-as-code tools and scalable compute technologies, such as Google Batch and Vertex. * Experience with CI/CD implementations using git and a common CI/CD stack (e.g., Azure DevOps, CloudBuild, Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab). * Deep expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, and the larger CNCF ecosystem including experience with application deployment tools such as Helm. * Experience with low-level application build tools (make, CMake) as well as automated build systems such as Spack or Easybuild. * Experience with workflow orchestration with tools such as Argo Workflow, Airflow, and scientific workflow tools such as Nextflow, Snakemake, VisTrails, or Cromwell. * Experience with application performance tuning and optimization, including in parallel and distributed computing paradigms and communication libraries such as MPI, OpenMP, Gloo, including deep understanding of the underlying systems (hardware, networks, storage) and their impact on application performance. * Demonstrated excellence with agile software development environments using tools like Jira and Confluence. * Deep familiarity with the tools, techniques, optimizations in high-performance applications space, including engagement with the open-source community (and potentially making contributions to such tools). ## Description * Design, build, and operate tools, services, workflows, etc. that deliver high value through solutions to key business problems. * Responsible for development of key components of a hybrid on-prem/cloud compute platform for both interactive and scalable batch computing and establishing processes and workflows to transition existing HPC users and teams to this platform. * Responsible for code-driven environment, applications, and container/image builds as well as CI/CD-driven application deployments. * Consult science users on application scalability to petabytes of data by deeply understanding software engineering, algorithms, and underlying hardware infrastructure and their impact on performance. * Confidently optimise design and execution of complex solutions within large-scale distributed computing environments. * Produce well-engineered software, including appropriate automated test suites, technical documentation, and operational strategy. * Ensure consistent application of platform abstractions to ensure quality and consistency with respect to logging and lineage. * Fully versed in coding best practices and ways of working, and participate in code reviews and partnering to improve the team's standards. * Adhere to QMS framework and CI/CD best practices and help guide improvements to them that improve ways of working. * Provide leadership to team members to help others get the job done right. ## Related Videos - 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