Platform Engineer (Chef & Ruby)

ClearRoute; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Greater London is seeking a Platform Engineer to enhance their client solutions with a focus on quality engineering. The successful candidate will have a strong background in platform or software engineering, experience with Chef at scale, and robust Ruby development skills. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team committed to creating innovative solutions for diverse problems and to play a pivotal role in improving technology landscapes.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable developer-centric platforms.
• Recent commercial experience using Chef at scale.
• Strong skills in Ruby, particularly for Chef custom resources.

Responsibilities

• Improve technology landscape using strong platform engineering skills.
• Navigate across services, platforms, and teams to ensure quality is built in.

Skills

Platform or software engineering

Chef at scale

Ruby development

API connectors

Collaboration with stakeholders

Job description

About Us

We are an engineering consultancy bridging Quality Engineering, Cloud Platforms and Developer Experience. Our values drive us to excel for ClearRoute, our customers, and our team members. We're building a collaborative environment where everyone can contribute to shaping ClearRoute's future. This is your opportunity to help build a consultancy from the ground up, use your unique voice to drive meaningful change, and transform organisations across diverse problem domains.

About the Role

We're looking for Platform Engineer with specific Chef and Ruby knowledge, to join our growing team focused on creating world‑class engineering capabilities for our clients, which include everything from cutting‑edge cloud solutions to long‑standing legacy systems. In this role, you’ll play a key part in improving technology landscape by bringing your strong platform engineering skills, framework building know‑how, to navigate across services, platforms, and teams to make sure quality is built in at every step.

What You Will Bring

• A strong background in platform or software engineering, with proven experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable developer‑centric platforms (e.g., implementing CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and observability solutions)
• Recent commercial experience using Chef at scale (Chef Servre, Policyfiles, custom cookbooks, test kitchen)
• Strong Ruby development skills, particularly for Chef custom resources and automation tooling.
• Experience in developing and implementing high‑value, reusable, and secure API connectors to integrate various services and data sources.
• A strategic mindset, with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating across diverse teams and business units to align quality engineering efforts with a variety of tech stacks and strategic business goals.

What Next?

ClearRoute is committed to creating an inclusive working environment where people can be themselves at work. We celebrate individuality and our differences. We understand that some differences may mean that you require changes made to the interview process. We are happy to cater to your needs to make the interview accessible, please let us know by emailing us at [e-mail]. If you see yourself taking on this exciting new opportunity, just click the 'Apply Now' button and submit your CV.