Principal Platform Engineer, Systems Development

Brambles; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in London seeks a Principal Platform Engineer, responsible for designing scalable cloud infrastructure and enhancing developer workflows through automation. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, strong skills in Go, and familiarity with CI/CD processes. This position offers a hybrid working model and the opportunity to contribute to innovative cloud solutions.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience in Cloud Engineering or adjacent fields.
• Installed, operated, and managed data science and machine learning frameworks.
• Experience with Git Ops style automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate to ensure reliable CI/CD pipelines.
• Create technical documentation for processes.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure Design

CI/CD Pipeline Management

Data Science Methodologies

Database Administration

Programming in Go

Container Orchestration

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or Data Science

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Postgres

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Principal Platform Engineer, Systems Development, London

Client: Brambles

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 1c53be1831a2

Job Views: 3

Posted: 12.08.2025

Expiry Date: 26.09.2025

Job Description:

Description

This role involves designing, orchestrating, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure, collaborating with various teams to ensure reliable CI/CD pipelines, supporting disaster recovery, developing automation tools, monitoring system performance, creating technical documentation, ensuring cloud security and compliance, and staying updated on emerging cloud technologies.

Position Purpose

Cloud Engineers set up, operate, develop, evolve, and maintain cloud-centric platforms including IoT, Data Science Environments, and Software Delivery, along with satellite tools and environments like databases, machine learning frameworks, and container orchestration tools.

Major/Key Accountabilities

• Design, develop, and operate bespoke software tools, libraries, frameworks, and services in languages such as Go, C, C++, Rust.
• Engage with development teams to improve tooling and infrastructure, enabling scalability and feature development.
• Support and train users, maintain frameworks supporting the BRIX platform, and ensure robustness and scalability of tools.
• Contribute insights to data science and engineering teams, liaise with digital operations, and build CI/CD pipelines.
• Operate and monitor services in Kubernetes and AWS environments.
• Contribute to team capability building and create user documentation.

Experience:

• At least 5 years in Cloud Engineering or related fields.
• Experience with data science frameworks, CI/CD, databases (Postgres, TimescaleDB), polyglot programming (Python, Go, Julia), AWS, containers, Big Data, notebooks, GitOps, Linux scripting, and data science projects.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Knowledge of data science and dev ops frameworks, strong analytical and systems thinking skills, programming skills in Python, Go, Julia, or C/C++, attention to detail.

Essential Qualifications

BS degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Statistics, Physics, or equivalent.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience with data recovery, database high availability, tuning, FinOps, IoT, and Edge interaction.

Remote Type: Hybrid Remote

Description: The key responsibilities include designing cloud infrastructure, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, supporting disaster recovery, automating tools, monitoring systems, creating documentation, ensuring security, and staying current with cloud tech trends.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Design, orchestrate, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate to maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines.
• Support disaster recovery development and testing.
• Develop and deploy automation tools.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Create and maintain technical documentation.
• Ensure cloud security, governance, and compliance.
• Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies.

Position Purpose: Cloud Engineers maintain cloud platforms including IoT, Data Science Environments, and satellite tools.

Major/Key Accountabilities:

• Develop and operate bespoke software tools in languages like Go, C, C++, Rust.
• Engage with teams to improve tooling and infrastructure.
• Support and train users, maintain frameworks, and ensure robustness.
• Contribute to data science and engineering discussions.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Operate services in Kubernetes and AWS.
• Contribute to team capability building and documentation.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years in Cloud Engineering or related fields.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Knowledge of data science and dev ops frameworks, strong analytical skills, programming in Python, Go, Julia, or C/C++, attention to detail.

Qualifications:

BS in relevant field or equivalent.

Additional notes: The job is active and accepting applications.