Platform Engineer Platform Remote / London · Full-time

Stratops Ai & Cloud Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sopsai is seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to build internal developer platforms used by hundreds of engineers. You will design platform abstractions on Kubernetes and create self-service developer portals. A background in Go or TypeScript and deep knowledge of Kubernetes are essential for this role.

If you have a product mindset and enjoy treating platforms as products, we want to hear from you. Join us to design golden paths for service creation, CI/CD, and observability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years engineering experience, preferably in platform/IDP roles.
• Strong knowledge in Go, TypeScript, and Kubernetes.
• Experience in building developer platforms and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design platform abstractions on top of Kubernetes and cloud services.
• Build self-service developer portals (Backstage, Port).
• Define golden paths for service creation, CI/CD, and observability.

Skills

Go

TypeScript

Python

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Product mindset

Job description

Build internal developer platforms and golden paths used by 100s of engineers.

What you’ll do

• Design platform abstractions on top of Kubernetes and cloud services
• Build self‑service developer portals (Backstage, Port)
• Define golden paths for service creation, CI/CD and observability
• Treat the platform as a product—discovery, roadmap, adoption metrics
• Partner with security to embed guardrails as code

What you bring

• 5+ years engineering, with platform/IDP experience
• Strong Go or TypeScript; comfortable in Python
• Deep Kubernetes, Helm and operator pattern knowledge
• Product mindset—developers as customers

Nice to have

• Experience with Crossplane, KubeVela or similar control planes
• Background contributing to Backstage plugins

Ready to join us as a Platform Engineer?

Send your CV and a short note about the work you’re most proud of.