Platform Engineer

• Ensure the security, reliability, and performance of our platform and infrastructure
• Design and maintain scalable, cloud-native infrastructure and platform tooling on GCP
• Automate and improve our infrastructure and operational workflows
• Collaborate with our core development team to design and deliver platform solutions that support product development
• Build and maintain self-service platform capabilities that enable teams to deploy and operate their services
• Help maintain high engineering standards through best practices, tooling, and documentation
• Participate in a paid on-call rotation to support the reliability and availability of our platform

Technologies:

• AWS
• Ansible
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Debian
• Docker
• GCP
• GitHub
• Golang
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• MySQL
• Perl
• Postfix
• Puppet
• Python
• RHEL
• Security
• Terraform
• ArgoCD
• DevOps, We are the UKs leading flat and house sharing marketplace, connecting people looking for rooms, flatmates, and lodgers through our online platform. We help millions of users find compatible accommodation and housemates by providing a trusted, user-focused service with advanced search, secure messaging, and moderation tools. We are a privately owned, technology-driven business focused on creating safer, happier shared living experiences while continually improving our digital platform and customer experience. This is a hybrid role based from our Stockport offices on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and we offer benefits including matched pension contributions, optional private healthcare and cash plan with EAP, cycle to work, home and tech scheme, season travel loans, sports/health and financial wellbeing contributions, and a rental deposit loan scheme.

• Relevant experience in a majority of the following concepts:
• Containerisation, including Docker and Kubernetes
• In-depth knowledge of Linux operating systems, with a focus on Debian and RHEL/CentOS
• Experience with cloud service providers such as Google Cloud Platform and AWS; knowledge of Azure would be beneficial
• Infrastructure as Code best practices, particularly Terraform
• Configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Packer
• Knowledge of CI/CD processes, especially Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and FluxCD
• Scripting or programming experience in Python, Bash, Perl, or Golang
• Database experience, primarily MySQL
• Experience with CDNs, particularly Fastly, would be beneficial
• Exposure to physical infrastructure, including physical and wireless networking and security
• Experience with email infrastructure and SMTP services, such as Postfix, including mail delivery, routing, and troubleshooting
• Must be able to work in the UK unrestricted for at least the next 5 years; we cannot accept applications requiring sponsorship now or in the future