Senior Platform Engineer

Lawrence Harvey Search & Selection; Leeds; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Lawrence Harvey Search & Selection is representing a fast-growing scale-up seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to shape their Google Cloud Platform estate, drive reliability and automation across CI/CD, networking and observability.

The role is hybrid with two days a week in the office in Bradford and Leeds, offering £85,000–£95,000 base salary plus a 15% bonus and benefits. You’ll collaborate with engineering squads and set platform standards to enable rapid product delivery.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong CI/CD design and build experience using GitHub, Terraform or similar.
• Experience supporting microservices / API-driven architectures.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, product-led organisations with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a scalable cloud foundation across the platform.
• Drive automation, engineering standards, and reliability for rapid product delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering squads and influence platform strategy.

Skills

Google Cloud Platform

CI/CD design

GitHub

Terraform

Microservices

APIs

Fast-paced environments

Tools

GitHub

Terraform

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer – GCP, DevOps, Platform Engineering After the launch of its flagship product, a fast-growing scale-up is expanding its engineering capability and is looking for an Senior Platform Engineer to work alongside the Engineering Manager to help develop their cloud platform and enable rapid, secure product delivery at scale. This is a key position role within a cloud-native environment, accountable for the reliability, scalability, and security of the Google Cloud Platform estate. You’ll be working in a multi-disciplinary platform function across CI/CD, networking, security, AIOps, and observability, building a robust self-service platform that empowers engineering squads and supports an ambitious technology-led transformation. You’ll help shape platform strategy, champion automation for a hugely exciting scale-up, playing an integral role in the development of future products.

Location: Hybrid with two days per week in the office in Bradford and LeedsSalary: £85,000 to £95,000 + 15% Bonus + Benefits

To be considered:

• Over 3 years of hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD design and build using GitHub, Terraform or similar.
• Experience supporting microservices / API‑driven architectures.
• Comfortable working in fast‑paced, product‑led organisations with multiple stakeholders.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Platform Engineering leader who enjoys building scalable cloud foundations, driving automation and engineering standards, and enabling teams to deliver securely and efficiently.