Platform Engineer II

0026 Checkout Technology Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

0026 Checkout Technology Ltd. is looking for dedicated engineers to join our self-sufficient team maintaining and evolving a Payment Orchestration Platform. Ideal candidates have experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and strong Golang skills.

This role involves collaborating with technologists to improve platform security, resiliency, and scalability, while also sharing best practices for service development.

We offer a hybrid working model with flexibility, aiming for high performance and meaningful work from day one.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services required.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes management is necessary.
• Proficiency in Golang programming language is a must.
• Experience with CI/CD practices is essential.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with technologists to evolve the platform.
• Create and share best practices for service development.
• Evaluate and improve team workflows.
• Participate in shared on-call rotation.

Skills

Experience with AWS and its services

Experience managing Kubernetes

Experience with service mesh (Istio & Envoy)

Proficient in Golang

Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines

Writing clean, modular, tested infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)

Cloud network infrastructure design

Instrumentation with Datadog

Load and chaos testing

Security mindset

Job description

Job Description

We are a team responsible for maintaining and evolving a Payment Orchestration Platform called ProcessOut. This platform was acquired by Checkout.com in March 2020 and is already powering many large and famous brands like Glovo, NordVPN, and Bolt (with many more that we can’t name and even more to come). We are a self‑sufficient team that operates in a fully agile way. Our backend services are written in Go, backed by multiple data stores (Redis, DynamoDB, CockroachDB, Postgres…), and our platform spans multiple AWS regions. We run multiple Kubernetes (EKS) clusters per region, fronted by Envoy edge proxies routing globally. We use Terraform for Infrastructure as Code. Datadog is extensively used for monitoring and alerting. We are experiencing constant growth in the number of handled transactions, new clients and integrations. That’s why we pay close attention to the elegant design and scalability of the platform. We are looking for dedicated engineers with a drive to own and improve solutions who want to join us on our journey.

Skills & Qualifications

• Have experience with AWS and its services
• Have experience with running and managing Kubernetes
• Have experience with service mesh, i.e. preferably Istio & Envoy
• Proficient in a programming language, we use Golang
• Have experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and best practices around it
• Care about writing clean, modular, and tested infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform)
• Bonus points for good knowledge of cloud network infrastructure design and troubleshooting
• Instrumentation experience with Datadog
• Load and chaos testing
• Security‑first mindset and past experience reviewing and improving security and best practices

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with passionate technologists across multiple disciplines while evolving our platform and increasing security, resiliency and scalability
• Work to create and distribute best practices for future‑proof service development to the rest of the team
• Continuously evaluate the team’s workflow and contribute to its improvement and automation
• Join an on‑call rotation which is shared between team members

Benefits

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive – through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one. Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity – and where your growth is in your hands. We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed.

So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here. It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. Let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.

We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.