Platform Engineer (Ansible) - London

We are partnering with a high-growth SaaS business is hiring a Windows Platform Engineer to join an engineering team responsible for the infrastructure underpinning a large-scale, business-critical platform.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a team focused on automation, self-service, and modern platform engineering, helping development teams move faster while improving reliability, consistency, and operational efficiency. The engineering function is actively adopting AI-assisted delivery practices, with engineers increasingly working from specifications, reviewing AI-generated outputs, and using modern tooling to accelerate delivery and reduce repetitive manual work.

The business is looking for someone who combines strong Windows platform engineering expertise with demonstrable Ansible automation experience. The team owns a critical platform supporting a large commercial software environment, meaning the work has genuine visibility and impact across the wider organisation., * Work in a role focused on building, automating, and improving, not just maintaining

• Be part of an engineering environment actively adopting AI-assisted delivery practices
• Opportunity to use tools such as Claude and other modern engineering technologies
• Join a small team where your contribution is visible and your work has direct organisational impact
• Help shape the standards, tooling, and automation that underpin a major software platform

What you’ll be doing

• Building and maintaining core Windows platform capabilities
• Driving automation and reducing manual operational effort
• Contributing to reusable modules, templates, and self-service platform solutions
• Supporting production reliability, resilience, and operational readiness
• Working with technologies including Ansible, PowerShell, Azure, Git, and JSON
• Contributing to infrastructure and platform engineering improvements across the organisation
• Working within an engineering team adopting AI-assisted workflows
• Delivering independently within a sprint-based environment with real ownership and accountability

• Strong Windows Server infrastructure or platform engineering experience
• Excellent scripting and automation skills, particularly with PowerShell
• Experience working with Git-based workflows, CI/CD principles, and production environments
• Exposure to Azure and infrastructure-as-code concepts
• Interest in modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted tooling and automation
• A self-starter who can work autonomously and deliver within agile sprint cycles