Founding Platform Engineer

Magentic; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI procurement company in Greater London seeks an experienced Platform Engineer to build and scale infrastructure for its innovative solutions. The role requires deep cloud mastery, especially in Azure or AWS, and experience with orchestration and containerization. You will collaborate closely with development teams to ensure secure and efficient software delivery. Join at an exciting early stage and contribute to a mission addressing global supply chain challenges.

Benefits

Competitive Equity

Salary of £110,000-£120,000

Visa sponsorship

Enhanced parental leave

25 days holiday plus extra for Christmas

In-office lunches

Salary sacrifice pension and nursery schemes

Annual team retreat

Qualifications

• Strong experience managing production Kubernetes clusters.
• Enthusiastic about AI and able to leverage agent-assisted development.
• Ability to provide support to development teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure infrastructure is managed as IaC.
• Shape a multi-tenant, multi-cloud platform.
• Work with development team on secure software delivery processes.

Skills

Cloud mastery of Azure and/or AWS

Experience with containers and orchestration

Ability to monitor, debug performance problems

Clear communication with engineers and business stakeholders

Tools

Kubernetes

GitHub workflows

Job description

We're looking for the second member of our Platform Engineering team to build, scale and own the infrastructure that powers Magentic's AI procurement solution. We have a very ambitious product vision, but we’re early in our building journey and are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to build a best in class infrastructure from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to join early enough to help build a high-quality rocket ship, rather than rebuild it in flight.

We’re pushing the boundaries of AI with next-generation agentic systems that can manage entire procurement workflows. Our mission is to make global manufacturing supply chains robust to an ever-changing world - that’s a $3tn market opportunity.

If that’s not exciting enough - we’re backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, and you’d be working along a super talented team which brings together expertise from OpenAI, Meta, Revolut, NASA and McKinsey (and that’s just the first 11 people!).

What You’ll Do

• Ensure all our infrastructure is managed as IaC, no ClickOps!
• Shape a multi-tenant, multi-cloud platform (we deploy were our customers are) following IaC and GitOps best practices, while balancing speed, cost and security.
• Work with the development team to design processes for secure software delivery (GitHub workflows, AI agent tooling for reviews, security and compliance)
• Make our systems, both AI and non-AI, highly observable
• Champion security, compliance and automation to turn them into an advantage, instead of friction

You Might Be a Great Fit if You

• Have deep cloud mastery of Azure and/or AWS
• Strong experience with containers and orchestration
• Are an enthusiastic student/hobbyist of AI able to leverage agent-assisted development
• Have managed production Kubernetes clusters and know kubectl like the palm of your hand
• Have experience working with development teams to make their lives easier
• Can monitor, debug and diagnose performance problems in production servers
• Deliver quickly by differentiating good from perfect
• Can communicate clearly with both engineers and business stakeholders

Bonus Points

• Experience designing self-hosted, cloud agnostic, AI/ML infrastructure
• Infrastructure/platform experience in B2B settings, e.g.: Identity Federation

Compensation and Benefits

At Magentic, we recognise and reward the talent that drives our success. We offer:

• Competitive Equity: play a real part in Magentic’s upside
• A salary of £110,000-£120,000
• Visa sponsorship available for this role
• Enhanced parental leave
• 25 days holiday exc bank holidays, plus an extra day for our Christmas shutdown
• In-office lunches provided
• Salary sacrifice pension and nursery schemes
• Hybrid London HQ (3-4 days in the office/customer site)
• Annual team retreat—a fully-funded off-site to recharge, bond, and build

Our Interview Process

There are a quite a few components because it's really important that both we and you have all the information to make a great decision at this stage of our journey. We can move quickly through these stages, so let us know if you have any timelines we need to meet.

1. Initial call (30 mins): this first step is an opportunity for you to hear more about Magentic and the role, and for us to learn more about your how your experience aligns with the role.
2. Take home task (2-3 hours): we'll give you an exercise to demonstrate the key skills for the role.
3. a) In-person interview: for the final step, we invite you to come meet the team in-person and work alongside us! We find this is the best way for candidates to get a sense of what working at Magentic is like. This day will include a culture interview, some live coding work and a discussion of your work with the team.
4. b) CEO interview (30 mins): a chance for you to meet Robin, hear about his vision for the company - this may happen at the in-person, dependent on scheduling constraints

Responsible AI Statement

At Magentic, we are committed to developing artificial intelligence that benefits humanity. We push the limits of AI's capabilities and are dedicated to its responsible and safe deployment. Recognising the profound impact of AI, we ensure that its development is centred around human needs and safety, incorporating a wide array of perspectives to fulfil our mission.

Equal Opportunities and Accommodations Statement

Magentic is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, or any other basis as protected by the Equality Act 2010.

We actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and cultures and believe a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver innovative solutions. We also ensure that our employment decisions are based solely on individual qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Magentic is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application or contact us directly.