Principal Platform Engineer - Cloud & Platform Evolution

Devopsroles; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working model

Inclusive culture and environment

£1,000 flexible benefits allowance to-

30days holiday + bank holidays

Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

Matched pension up to 6%

Job summary

Very is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to design and evolve the core platform used by hundreds of engineers. You will shape cloud infrastructure, streamline CI/CD, and drive tooling to reduce toil while enabling scalable, reliable delivery.

You will work across Linux environments and modern engineering practices, mentoring teams and ensuring platform reliability at scale. The role offers a flexible, hybrid working model and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong troubleshooting skills and a curiosity for how systems behave in the real world.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, automation and configuration management.
• A solid background in scripting or programming, whether that’s Java, Python, Bash or similar.
• Confidence working across Linux environments, networking fundamentals and integrated systems.
• An understanding of CI/CD and version control, and how they come together to support great delivery.
• Experience working in complex environments where scale, reliability and dependencies really matter.

Responsibilities

• Shape and evolve our cloud infrastructure to be secure, scalable and reusable.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and automation to speed up delivery.
• Introduce smarter tooling to reduce toil and manual effort.
• Provide hands-on support to guide teams through platform challenges.
• Connect systems and services so they work together seamlessly.
• Identify performance and reliability improvements and drive them.
• Champion modern engineering practices across teams.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Cloud infra

Scripting

Linux

CI/CD

Scale/Complexity

Job description

Very is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to design and evolve the core platform used by hundreds of engineers. You will shape cloud infrastructure, streamline CI/CD, and drive tooling to reduce toil while enabling scalable, reliable delivery.

You will work across Linux environments and modern engineering practices, mentoring teams and ensuring platform reliability at scale. The role offers a flexible, hybrid working model and competitive benefits.