Senior Platform Engineer (Backend, Cloud)

Codat; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A modern tech company in the United Kingdom is seeking a highly motivated Senior Backend Engineer to join their Platform & Infrastructure team. In this role, you'll take ownership of the platform services, driving their evolution and ensuring operational excellence. Your responsibilities will include designing and maintaining core services, mentoring others, and establishing best practices in a high-growth environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud environments and strong skills in C#.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience operating production systems in a high availability, cloud environment.
• Deep expertise in a strongly typed language, particularly C#.
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform.
• Proficiency in modern build and deployment processes.
• Track record of building reliable systems with a focus on observability.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong foundation in networking and security.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain core platform services and tools.
• Drive the technical roadmap for cloud infrastructure.
• Establish best practices for CI/CD and observability.
• Lead resolution of production incidents and mitigate issues.
• Mentor product engineers on platform usage and best practices.

Skills

Operating production systems

C#

Infrastructure as Code

Continuous deployment

Observability

Docker

Kubernetes

Networking

Security best practices

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

A modern tech company in the United Kingdom is seeking a highly motivated Senior Backend Engineer to join their Platform & Infrastructure team. In this role, you'll take ownership of the platform services, driving their evolution and ensuring operational excellence. Your responsibilities will include designing and maintaining core services, mentoring others, and establishing best practices in a high-growth environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud environments and strong skills in C#.