Senior Analytics Platform Engineer | Cloud, Data & MLOps

Oscar; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

28 days annual leave

Training budget

Cheltenham office with parking

Bonus scheme

Flexible working

Job summary

Oscar is seeking an Analytics Platform Engineer (Senior or Principal) to design, build and evolve scalable analytics hosting platforms in a hybrid setup across the UK. You will collaborate with Data Scientists and MLOps teams, driving cloud migrations and robust data platforms using Kubernetes, Docker and modern tooling.

The role requires strong Python, Kubernetes and Docker skills, plus experience with data analytics environments and mission-critical solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker in containerised environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy scalable analytics hosting platforms.
• Build secure and robust systems supporting mission-critical analytics solutions.
• Work across the full software development lifecycle, from design through to deployment and ongoing enhancement.
• Work on high-impact projects focused on cloud migration and data management.
• Develop and enhance platform capabilities to support evolving analytics requirements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across existing analytics services.
• Deliver bug fixes and feature enhancements for mission-facing analytics platforms.
• Provide hands-on engineering support to Data Scientists and MLOps teams.
• Work across a varied technology landscape, adapting to unfamiliar technologies where required.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of reliable, scalable and secure technical solutions.
• Work collaboratively with technical teams to understand requirements and deliver effective engineering solutions.
• Help ensure analytics platforms remain robust, maintainable and fit for purpose.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Python

Data management

MLOps

Data Scientist collaboration

Cloud migration

Apache Spark

Scala

S3

Graph databases

Elasticsearch

Vector databases

OIDC / OAuth

NodeJS

React

GitLab

Tools

GitLab

NodeJS

React

Spark

Elasticsearch

Scala

S3

Graph databases

Vector databases

OIDC / OAuth

Job description

Oscar is seeking an Analytics Platform Engineer (Senior or Principal) to design, build and evolve scalable analytics hosting platforms in a hybrid setup across the UK. You will collaborate with Data Scientists and MLOps teams, driving cloud migrations and robust data platforms using Kubernetes, Docker and modern tooling.

The role requires strong Python, Kubernetes and Docker skills, plus experience with data analytics environments and mission-critical solutions.