Senior Platform Engineer

RVU; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% discretionary yearly bonus

Hybrid working

Employer pension contributions up to 7

£300 home‑office budget

Private medical cover

25 days holiday (+1‑2”my time” days)

Job summary

RVU seeks a Platform Engineer for the Airship team to drive platform engineering across Uswitch, money.co.uk and related brands. You will own technical strategy, shape architecture and implement secure, reliable services running on Kubernetes and AWS.

You will collaborate with cross-functional groups to monitor and improve performance, cost and security while mentoring engineers and promoting a culture of continuous learning. Hybrid working and strong tooling focus are key features of this role.

Qualifications

• Experience running Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Knowledge of Golang, Helm, Terraform (Python a plus).
• Production experience with Cilium, eBPF or general networking.
• Extensive monitoring experience.
• Strong debugging skills for large systems.
• Understanding of image vulnerability scanning and patching strategies.
• Familiarity with AWS Multi-Account system designs, Crossplane, Control Tower.
• Knowledge of Argo Workflows or similar data-pipeline services.
• Experience with Cloud Native projects.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions and OpenTelemetry.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside established engineering teams, supporting and growing the organisation’s understanding of modern technology.
• Collaborate with cross-functional groups to shape and deliver the technical vision.
• Own technical strategy, decisions and implementation approach.
• Use logs, metrics and data to monitor and improve system performance, cost, security and reliability.
• Participate in technical catch-ups, working groups and all-hands to enhance a diverse engineering culture.
• Share experience, knowledge and expertise in a continuous learning environment.
• Accountability for objective setting, feature ideation, architecture, process definition, the entire stack, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Mentor and coach engineers, presenting knowledge back to the wider organisation.
• Proactively identify improvement opportunities and manage time between team and organisational contributions.
• Rotate around the business to build relationships and act as a multiplier.

Skills

Kubernetes

Golang

Terraform

Python

CI/CD

Cloud networking

Monitoring

OpenTelemetry

Tools

Helm

Terraform

Cilium/eBPF

AWS (Multi-Account, Control Tower)

GitHub Actions

Argo Workflows

OpenSearch

Envoy

Job description

Hybrid Working Arrangement

2 days per week in our Tower Bridge office (Tuesday/Wednesday).

We offer flexible working with up to 22 remote days per year.

About RVU

RVU is a group of online brands including Confused, Uswitch, Tempcover, money.co.uk, and Mojo Mortgages. We reach the majority of UK households, driving transformation in the household services sector.

Airship – Platform Engineering Team

The Airship team manages the infrastructure powering Uswitch, money.co.uk, and the RVU-wide AI initiative. We focus on enabling development teams to deliver services quickly, reliably and securely, running Kubernetes EKS and Fargate, and providing shared services such as Opensearch, Envoy, Vault and Prometheus.

Key Responsibilities

• Work alongside established engineering teams, supporting and growing the organisation’s understanding of modern technology.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional groups to shape and deliver the technical vision.
• Own technical strategy, decisions and implementation approach.
• Use logs, metrics and data to monitor and improve system performance, cost, security and reliability.
• Participate in technical catch‑ups, working groups and all‑hands to enhance a diverse engineering culture.
• Share experience, knowledge and expertise in a continuous learning environment.
• Accountability for objective setting, feature ideation, architecture, process definition, the entire stack, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Mentor and coach engineers, presenting knowledge back to the wider organisation.
• Proactively identify improvement opportunities and manage time between team and organisational contributions.
• Rotate around the business to build relationships and act as a multiplier.

Qualifications

• Experience running Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Knowledge of Golang, Helm, Terraform (Python a plus).
• Production experience with Cilium, eBPF or general networking.
• Extensive monitoring experience.
• Strong debugging skills for large systems.
• Understanding of image vulnerability scanning and patching strategies.
• Familiarity with AWS Multi‑Account system designs, Crossplane, Control Tower.
• Knowledge of Argo Workflows or similar data‑pipeline services.
• Experience with Cloud Native projects.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions and OpenTelemetry.

Examples of Projects

Short‑lived database credentials – built Vault tooling to replace long‑lived credentials for safe, short‑lived access.

Yggdrasil – Envoy control plane for multi‑cluster load balancing, enabling traffic routing across clusters.

Benefits

• 10% discretionary yearly bonus + yearly pay reviews.
• Hybrid working: 2 in‑office days per week, up to 22 remote days annually.
• Employer‑matching pension contributions up to 7.5%.
• One‑off £300 work‑from‑home budget.
• Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave.
• 25 days holiday (growing to 30) + 2 “my time” days per year.
• Private medical cover, critical illness cover, employee assistance programme.
• Learning and training budget.
• Electric vehicle and cycle‑to‑work schemes.
• Free in‑office gym access, breakfast and other perks.
• Choice of Mac or Windows technology.
• Free access to Calm and Peppy apps.
• Regular events and company‑wide speakers.