Senior Platform Engineer

Lunar Energy; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lunar Energy is transforming the home energy landscape with a next-gen battery system and cloud solutions. They are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to enhance their platform's reliability and security, contributing to a sustainable future through innovative technology in a flexible work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary and stock options

25 days annual leave + public holidays

Private Medical Insurance via BUPA

Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits plan

5% employer contributions pension matching

£1,000 training budget per financial year

Cycle To Work scheme

Remote work set-up allowance

Mental Health Support platform

Enhanced Maternity + Paternity Pay

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in DevOps, SecOps, or Platform Engineering.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable infrastructure solutions using TypeScript and Python.
• Take ownership of critical systems, including databases and ETL pipelines.
• Develop security best practices for software development process.

Skills

DevOps

Platform Engineering

Networking

Security Best Practices

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field

Tools

AWS

TypeScript

Python

Linux

Job description

At Lunar Energy, we're on a mission to transform the way we power our homes by building an ecosystem of all-electric products, starting with a next-generation home battery system and a cloud PaaS to manage large fleets of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) assets. Comprising a team of visionary entrepreneurs and dedicated technology and industry experts, we're united by our shared vision of deploying and building products to electrify homes that are connected through an integrated software platform.

We are currently seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our talented team of engineers, dedicated to delivering a more sustainable future. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring end-to-end platform reliability, security, and internal tooling. You will have the opportunity to strongly influence and contribute to the team's future.

Lunar Energy empowers you to explore multiple facets of our technology stack, aligned with your personal interests and abilities. We have a strong tradition of leveraging functional programming and type systems to craft pragmatic and flexible systems that align with business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable, highly available infrastructure and internal tooling solutions using TypeScript and Python in AWS
• Enable fast iteration through implementation and improvement of automation
• Take ownership of ensuring continuous operation of critical systems, including databases and ETL pipelines
• Reason about cloud infrastructure strategy to help ensure that solutions are the best fit for requirements
• Develop and evangelise security best practices, such as automation of a secure software development process
  
  

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• A minimum of 5 years' of experience in DevOps, SecOps or Platform Engineering roles.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with AWS
• Strong understanding of networking and network security
• Proficiency in one or more scripting programming languages (Python, Ruby, Bash, etc.)
• Linux
  
  

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with serverless technologies
• Experience with Typescript
• Proficiency in application penetration testing, ethical hacking, and vulnerability assessments
• Interest in the IoT and renewable energy industry
  
  

Joining us gives you:

• A competitive salary and stock options package
• 25 days annual leave a year + public holidays
• Private Medical Insurance via BUPA (medical history disregarded)
• A wellbeing and lifestyle benefits plan through Medicash
• 5% employer contributions pension matching
• A budget for work-related training of £1,000 per financial year and an allowance of 4 training days
• Cycle To Work scheme and Workplace Nursery benefit
• £200 upon joining for remote work set-up
• Access to Spill - Mental Health Support platform
• Enhanced Maternity + Paternity Pay
• Regular socials and activities, online and in-person
• Flexible start and finish times, fully remote working or hybrid depending on preferences
  
  

Duration: Full-Time

Location: Fully remote within the UK, but you are welcome to work from our office in Spitalfields, London (UK), as often as you like.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, ethnicity, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, age or social background. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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