platform engineers

Wireless Logic Limited; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Principal Engineer (Platform) to drive productivity within engineering by enhancing developer experience and platform tooling. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams, implementing CI/CD strategies, and building scalable solutions. Candidates should have strong Java experience and knowledge in optimizing application performance. Experience with Kubernetes and a passion for mentoring are essential. The role is remote and ideal for those looking to make a significant impact on a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• Built and maintained production applications end-to-end with proven success.
• Worked with complex APIs and optimised application performance.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and general DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Identify, implement and maintain developer experience and platform tooling.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product and design.
• Own end-to-end delivery; proactively communicate progress.

Skills

Optimising application performance (frontend & backend)

Building and maintaining production applications end-to-end

Working with complex APIs

General DevOps experience

Pipelines, CI/CD with GitLab, GitHub or similar

Experience with Kubernetes and Helm

Strong Java experience

Ability to develop with PHP or Python

Understanding microservice architectures

Terraform

Knowledge of OpenTelemetry, Prometheus

Strong knowledge of TDD

Job description

Principal Engineer (Platform)

Job Title: Principal Engineer (Platform)

Business Unit: Process Manufacturing

Location: UK, Remote

Responsibilities

• Identify, implement and maintain developer experience and platform tooling to drive productivity within engineering
• Build generic elements of our customer-facing platform.
• Contribute to CI/CD strategy with internal stakeholders and establish patterns that can be adopted company-wide.
• Monitor and drive improvements to performance and platform metrics.
• Collaborate with your colleagues and be a strong team player and mentor.
• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Continuously grow yourself, the team and organisation, employing technical excellence; produce high‑quality, optimised, and efficient solutions.
• Shift engineering practices left; front‑load requirements, design, testing and success metrics.
• Execute pragmatic plans; test assumptions through small, iterative and measurable changes.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery; break down complex problems and communicate progress proactively.
• Implement user‑centred thinking; craft accessible interfaces considering diverse user needs.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally; work closely with product, design and participate in agile ceremonies.
• Partner with Product; translate business requirements into technical solutions with balanced judgement.
• Balance technical debt; make informed decisions about refactoring versus new development.
• Demonstrate strategic thinking; consider trade‑offs, prioritise efforts and drive innovation.
• Show adaptability; embrace alternative approaches when new information emerges.
• Communicate effectively; document technical decisions and translate complex concepts for all stakeholders.
• Focus on growth; self‑motivate through continuous learning while guiding and mentoring others.

Required Skills

• Built and maintained production applications end‑to‑end with proven success
• Skills in optimising application performance (frontend & backend)
• Worked with complex APIs
• General DevOps experience
• Pipelines, CI/CD with GitLab, GitHub or similar
• Experience with Kubernetes and Helm
• Strong Java experience
• Ability to develop with other languages like PHP or Python
• Understanding microservice architectures
• Terraform
• Knowledge of OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, etc.
• Strong knowledge of TDD

Preferred Skills

• AWS API Gateway
• Experience with AWS
• Experience of platform engineering and providing tooling for other developers
• Experience with Grafana or similar
• Understanding of auth patterns, access control, etc.
• Rabbit, Kafka, etc.
• Backstage or similar
• Experience establishing development conventions or coding standards

Nice to Have

• Previous exposure to the Product Operating Model (or any product‑driven approach)