Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud, Automation & Reliability

thisisglobal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

thisisglobal is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Platform team in London. You will shape scalable, reliable systems powering Global's technology platforms across cloud infrastructures, CI/CD pipelines, and application hosting environments.

You'll lead by example, drive automation with Python, Java/Groovy, Go, and Terraform, review code, improve observability, and mentor engineers while delivering high-impact platform enhancements.

Qualifications

• Experience across distributed systems in cloud environments (AWS) and container orchestration.
• Strong coding and automation capabilities across the full SDLC.
• Ability to lead code reviews and promote engineering best practices.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and testing.

Responsibilities

• Support and enhance application hosting and build platforms on AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and GitHub.
• Develop automation tooling using Python, Java/Groovy, Go, and Terraform.
• Lead technical standards and drive continuous improvement within the team.

Skills

Platform Engineering

Automation

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

Terraform

Python

Java/Groovy

Go

Job description

thisisglobal is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Platform team in London. You will shape scalable, reliable systems powering Global's technology platforms across cloud infrastructures, CI/CD pipelines, and application hosting environments.

You'll lead by example, drive automation with Python, Java/Groovy, Go, and Terraform, review code, improve observability, and mentor engineers while delivering high-impact platform enhancements.