Senior Platform Engineer

Storio group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading photo product company in London is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to build platforms that enhance efficiency for data and AI teams. The role emphasizes automation and governance, requiring strong experience in platform engineering and software development best practices. Candidates should have a passion for improving developer experience and mentoring others.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in platform engineering, building robust components.
• Deep understanding of automation principles.
• Experience with software development lifecycle best practices.

Responsibilities

• Build platform enablers that accelerate value delivery.
• Implement automation for provisioning and deployment.
• Establish consistent environments across teams.

Skills

Platform engineering

Automation principles

Software development lifecycle

Data governance

Communication skills

Mentoring

Tools

Snowflake

AWS Data Solutions

Terraform

Python

GitHub Actions

Job description

Overview

Make Your Mark as a Senior Platform Engineer at Storio group

Our Data & ML team powers growth and innovation at Storio. We're building platforms that turn data into insights, helping our teams make great decisions and create personalized experiences for customers. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you'll join our new Domain Platform Engineering sub-team. You'll build technology platforms that make it easier for our data and AI engineers to deliver with higher quality.

Responsibilities

• You'll build platform enablers that accelerate value delivery and reduce cognitive load.
• You'll implement automation for provisioning, deployment, and scaling to minimise errors.
• You'll establish consistent environments and processes across our data and AI teams.
• You'll improve developer experience with tools for data governance and DevOps.
• You'll mentor other engineers on best practices and help them adopt your team’s initiatives.
• You'll champion security and compliance by embedding them into the platform.

Tech Stack

• Cloud Data Warehouse - Snowflake
• AWS Data Solutions - Kinesis, SNS, SQS, S3, ECS, Lambda
• Data Governance & Quality - Collate & Monte Carlo
• Infrastructure as Code - Terraform
• Data Integration & Transformation - Python, DBT, Fivetran, Airflow
• CI/CD - Github Actions / Jenkins
• Business Intelligence - Looker

Role Expectations

• You'll help us deliver more value with higher quality.
• You'll build scalable platforms that provide best practices for diverse user needs.
• You'll build platforms that promote our decentralized-by-design data strategy.
• You'll ensure our engineers can focus on their expertise, like data modeling and building AI models.
• You'll reduce manual actions by having an automation-first mindset.

What you bring to the team

• Extensive experience in platform engineering, including designing and building robust components.
• A deep understanding of automation principles.
• Experience with software development lifecycle best practices, including Git and CI/CD.
• Experience with tools for data governance, quality monitoring, and security.
• The ability to build maintainable, well-documented code.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience mentoring and coaching engineers.

What sets you apart

• Experience with data governance principles and practices.
• A focus on building high-quality platforms that improve developer experience.

Sounds exciting? Apply now with your resume and cover letter!

About us

At Storio Group, we help people hold onto life\'s moments. We make personalised photo products that turn fleeting memories into things you can keep, share, and re-live.

Every person at Storio Group helps create our products and shape our company. You will see the impact of your work daily. We invite you to make your mark on our business, products, and customers\' lives.

We act with heart by putting people first and valuing diverse perspectives. We give our best and aim for high standards in all we do. We own our work, taking initiative to find solutions. We embrace curiosity, always learning and trying new things. We find the joy in our work and create a positive environment.

Equal Opportunities & Right to Work

Storio Group is an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and fostering an inclusive environment. If you require reasonable adjustments during interviews please contact our HR team.

Applicants must also have the legal right to work in the position\'s country without requiring sponsorship.