Senior Platform Engineer

Our Future Health; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Pension Scheme

30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Enhanced Parental Leave

Learnerbly learning budget

Cycle to Work Scheme

Home & Tech Savings

Employee Referral Bonus

Wellbeing Support

Flexible remote working

Job summary

Our Future Health is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and build cloud platforms that support participant websites, data processing, de-identification, and TRE sharing. You will drive platform requirements with engineering and operations and implement scalable, secure solutions.

You will lead a hands-on, iterative build, adopt GitOps practices, and own end-to-end deployments while collaborating across teams to meet aggressive scaling goals and regulatory considerations.

Qualifications

• High proficiency in cloud DevOps/platform engineering and large-scale live services (Azure, AWS or GCP).
• Hands-on experience developing infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi following GitOps practices.
• Strong experience coding and automating tasks in Python.
• Experience with software engineering best practices: unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, debugging.
• Experience building data pipelines/ETL tools.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience deploying open-source technologies like Python, Node.JS, Ruby, Postgres and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and compliance.
• Experience designing, supporting and troubleshooting production systems at scale.
• Understanding of technology stacks from networks to applications.
• Experience in agile methodology; pairing.
• Experience in regulated domain bonus.

Responsibilities

• Be part of our growing technology team to help create cloud platforms as we scale.
• Define platform requirements with engineering and operations.
• Use an iterative approach to building the platform from simple to complex.
• Help define development processes for a new team.
• Own solutions from conception to deployment and beyond, taking part in on-call rotas where necessary.
• Integrate and deploy third-party tools required by other teams.
• Translate innovative ideas into designs and implementations for distributed systems.
• Implement best practices for availability, scalability, and efficiency.

Skills

Cloud DevOps

Platform engineering

Python

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

On-call support

System troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Terragrunt

Pulumi

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join the small team designing and building the platforms and systems to support a number of vital functions across Our Future Health.

These systems will include but not limited to the participant-facing websites, import and processing of high-volume health, NHS and genetic datasets to the de-identification/sharing of data into accredited Trusted Research Environments (TREs).

If you have prior experience building a public cloud-based platform from the ground up, we’d be keen to see your application. We’re looking for candidates who are passionate who can recommend modern technologies and practices that have a track record of being used successfully in the platform we are looking to build.

At Our Future Health, our mission is to transform the prevention,detectionand treatment of conditions such as dementia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. We’re looking for people to join us on our journey. If you’re looking for a new challenge where you can contribute to helping future generations live in good health for longer, then we’re keen to speak with you.

What you’ll be doing

• Be part of our growing technology team to help create the cloud platforms to support Our Future Health as we scale
• Work with the engineering and operations teams to define platform requirements
• Use an iterative approach to building the platform, starting simple and increasing complexity as we go
• Support defining development processes as part of a new, growing team
• Own solutions from conception to deployment and beyond, taking part in on-call rotas where necessary
• Integrate and deploy third-party tools required by other teams
• Devise innovative ideas for solving hard technical problems involving distributed systems, scale and security and translate these ideas into designs and implementation
• Implement best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and efficiency

What you won’t be doing

• Working in a siloed environment with no freedom to make decisions.
• Working in a place where you can’t see the impact your expertise makes.

Experience

• High proficiency in cloud DevOps/platform engineering and large-scale live services. Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Hands-on experience developing infrastructure-as-code with tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi following GitOps practices.
• Strong experience coding and automating tasks in a high-level language, preferably Python
• Hands-on experience working directly with software engineering best practices: unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, excellent debugging, troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in building/deploying tools related to data pipelines, ETL processes.
• Confident with cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience deploying open-source technologies such as Python, Node.JS, Ruby, Postgres and related CI/CD pipelines
• Good understanding of cloud security best practices and security compliance
• Experience designing, supporting and troubleshooting production systems at scale
• Good understanding of technology stacks from networks up to applications
• Experience of working in an agile methodology; used to code reviews and pairing
• In addition, experience in a commercial regulated domain would be a bonus (could be clinical, wearables, consumer apps, genomics, pharma etc).

• Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
• 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
• Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments.
• Career Growth & Development – £500 per year to spend on Learnerbly, our learning platform, plus regular appraisals and development opportunities.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
• Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
• £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.

Join us - let’sprevent disease together.

At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.

If you do require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at [e-mail]