Senior Platform Engineer

Tracsis Rail Technology & Services

United Kingdom

On-site

GBP 96,740 - 133,948

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Udemy Licence for learning and development
Bupa Medical Health care
Life assurance (3x basic salary)
Enhanced Parental Leave
2 volunteering days per year
Tusker Car Scheme
Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

A leading Rail Technology firm is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the development of scalable platform capabilities. This role involves defining standards, mentoring junior engineers, and driving service reliability improvements. Candidates should have a deep understanding of cloud-native technologies and strong problem-solving skills. The position offers various benefits including flexible working hours, healthcare, and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

  • Deep understanding of platform engineering and developer enablement.
  • Experience with incident response and reliability improvements.
  • Hands-on experience with developer tooling adoption.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the delivery of platform capabilities aligned with strategic goals.
  • Drive incident response and service reliability improvements.
  • Enhance developer experience through better tooling and documentation.

Skills

Platform engineering
Cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, CI/CD)
Problem-solving skills
Mentorship
DevOps practices

Tools

Terraform
Incident response tools
Observability tools

Job description

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Our talented people are creating the technology of the future

From scheduling to maintenance to keeping people safe, 2.7 million people are helped by our software daily. Technology makes it possible; people make it happen and you could be part of that.

The Tracsis Group has grown rapidly, diversifying into related transport technologies, and successfully executing a strategy that has seen it make a total of seventeen acquisitions.

Today Tracsis is a leading provider of software, hardware, data analytics/GIS and services for the rail, traffic data and wider transport industries. The Group has c.550 permanent employees serving its growing customer base from offices in the UK, Ireland and the US.

The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Rail Technology & Services business unit. Reporting to the Platform Engineering Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering scalable, secure, and developer-friendly platform capabilities. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you’ll influence architecture, mentor others, and drive reliability and modernization across our engineering ecosystem.

What you will do
  • Lead the delivery of platform capabilities aligned with strategic goals
  • Define golden paths, reusable templates, and infrastructure-as-code standards
  • Drive incident response and service reliability improvements
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to platform governance
  • Enhance developer experience through better tooling, onboarding flows, and documentation
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including software engineering, SRE, and security
  • Promote GitOps, observability, and policy-as-code practices
  • Support modernization efforts using the 6Rs framework and enable scalable foundations for product teams
What you\'ll bring
  • Deep understanding of platform engineering and developer enablement
  • Proficiency in cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, and Terraform
  • Experience with observability tools, infrastructure automation, and legacy modernization
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of delivering platform capabilities in agile teams
  • Ability to mentor, communicate clearly, and collaborate across engineering functions
  • Hands-on experience with incident response, reliability improvements, and developer tooling adoption
Ready to make an impact?

Apply now to join a forward-thinking team shaping the future of Rail Technology and Services.

Benefits
  • Flexible working hours to support work-life balance
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Udemy Licence for learning and development
  • Bupa Medical Health care
  • Life assurance (3x basic salary)
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • 2 volunteering days per year
  • Tusker Car Scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
Next Steps

Our TA team are committed to responding to all candidates within a reasonable timeframe.

The process:

  • Call with our Talent Acquisition Team
  • 1 hour Competency based interview
  • Next Steps

Our process is designed for us to understand your skills and experience and to give you the opportunity to find out more about the role, as well as the company.

We are committed to building a diverse workforce. Even if you do not tick all the boxes, we would still love to hear from you!

If you require any adjustments or additional support during the application and interview process do not hesitate to get in touch.

Seniority level
  • Mid-Senior level
Employment type
  • Full-time
Job function
  • Software Development

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