Principal Platform Engineer

XACT PLACEMENTS LIMITED; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm in the UK seeks an experienced Principal Platform Engineer to lead the design and scaling of their platform. In this fully remote role, you will tackle complex infrastructure challenges and improve the reliability of their services. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and infrastructure optimization tools. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-growth company in a dynamic sector.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with cloud architecture and infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps methodologies and best practices.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement distributed, multi-region infrastructure.
• Address complex scaling issues to ensure system reliability.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps practices

Infrastructure as code

Large-scale systems optimization

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Principal Platform Engineer | High-Growth Cybersecurity Scale-Up | Fully Remote (UK based)

An opportunity to join a fast-growing, research-led cybersecurity scale-up trusted by global enterprise customers. Backed by strong funding and industry recognition, the business is scaling its platform globally and is looking for an experienced Principal Platform Engineer to help lead that growth.

As a Principal Platform Engineer, youll be a senior technical leader responsible for designing, scaling and optimising large-scale infrastructure. Youll work closely with engineering leadership to ensure systems are resilient, observable and built for global scale.

What youll be doing

• Designing and evolving distributed, multi-region infrastructure
• Solving complex scaling, reliability and performance challenges

Driving DevOps performance across deployment, availability a...