Platform Engineer Mid Senior

Cambridge Intelligence; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive technology company based in Cambridge seeks a technical professional with extensive experience in Platform and Software engineering, focusing on TypeScript/Node.js applications. Candidates should possess strong AWS and Kubernetes skills, along with DevOps practices. This role emphasizes leadership in projects and mentoring others, with a commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Benefits include a competitive salary, hybrid working model, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension – up to 6% employer contribution

Medical and dental insurance (BUPA)

Hybrid working – typically 3 days in the office

Up to 12% discretionary bonus

25 days annual leave

5 days of professional development paid for by the company

Death in service benefit

Flexible holiday benefits

Cycle scheme (fully funded by the company)

EV scheme (conditions apply)

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Platform and Software engineering.
• Strong debugging skills for complicated systems.
• Passion for mentoring and coaching others in technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects focused on TypeScript/Node.js applications.
• Manage AWS Cloud using Pulumi and Kubernetes.
• Debug and fix high priority issues in real-time.

Skills

AWS (EKS/EC2/S3/IAM)

Kubernetes / Docker

TypeScript / JavaScript / Node.js application development

CI/CD - GitLab Pipelines and AutoDevOps

Observability - DataDog and CloudWatch

Frontend development - React

Job description

What’s involved?

This is a varied technical role requiring extensive experience in both Platform and Software engineering with a particular focus on the building, delivering and monitoring of TypeScript/Node.js applications running on Kubernetes and AWS Cloud. Day to day, you could be applying yourself to anything from Platform architectural design or AWS Cloud management using Pulumi, to debugging CICD performance of Docker wrapped Node.js apps or integrating a JavaScript authentication library into our product sites.

You should be comfortable leading on projects, debugging complicated systems and have an appreciation for the need to occasionally set project work to one side to debug and fix high priority issues in real time.

You’ll need a passion for your work, along with a desire to help others progress their technical skills through close collaboration, coaching and mentoring.

Must have

Required skills

• Production-grade infrastructure engineering
  • AWS (EKS/EC2/S3/IAM)
  • Kubernetes / Docker
  • Infrastructure as Code - Pulumi with TypeScript
• Production-grade software engineering
  • TypeScript / JavaScript / Node.js application development
  • JS framework experience - express / Astro or similar
  • Code management and version control - git and GitLab
• Production-grade DevOps engineering
  • CI/CD - GitLab Pipelines and AutoDevOps
  • Observability - DataDog and CloudWatch
  • CDN configuration - CloudFlare

Nice to have

• Internal Developer Platform experience - Backstage or similar
• Cloud FinOps - DataDog, AWS
• Security - for Platforms and web applications
• Task orchestration for monorepos - turbo, Nx or similar
• JS build tooling - vite, webpack, rollup or similar
• Front end development - React
• Experience building/configuring auth libraries/services
• Experience working in, and/or setting up, an ISO governed environment
• Other Cloud Platforms - Google Cloud Platform
• Linux knowledge / Bash scripting

Who you'll be working with

The Platform Team currently consists of two Platform Engineers, two QA Engineers and a Platform Manager

Be yourself

We want to build a fair, respectful and welcoming company, where everyone feels at home. That means taking a long-term approach to equality, diversity and inclusion – not treating it as a tickbox exercise.

With the help of our EDI group, we’re working to make every aspect of the business – including recruitment – fair, respectful and inclusive.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Pension – up to 6% employer contribution
• Medical and dental insurance (BUPA)
• Hybrid working – typically 3 days in the office during onboarding, then 1–2 days per week
• Up to 12% discretionary bonus
• 25 days annual leave
• 5 days of professional development paid for by the company
• Death in service benefit
• Flexible holiday benefits
• Cycle scheme (fully funded by the company)
• EV scheme (conditions apply)

*You need to have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we can't offer sponsorship either now or in the future
*No agency approaches please, we are only hiring directly