Senior Platform Engineer: Cloud-Native, Automation & Scale

LinuxRecruit; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LinuxRecruit is seeking a skilled platform engineer to join their highly regarded team in England, UK. This role focuses on building and evolving cloud-native platforms that support critical services at scale. The successful candidate will be one of the key technical voices in the platform function, influencing architecture, standards, and engineering practices.

Key technologies include Kubernetes, AWS, and platform automation tools. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in platform thinking and enjoy solving complex technical challenges.

Qualifications

• Strong opinions on platform engineering, reliability, and developer experience.
• Experience with complex technical challenges and platform thinking.
• Ability to influence technical direction and challenge assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture, standards, and engineering practices.
• Work on large-scale Kubernetes estates and Internal Developer Platforms.
• Drive cloud-native modernization and observability transformation.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

GitOps

Platform automation

Observability

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD tooling

Job description

LinuxRecruit is seeking a skilled platform engineer to join their highly regarded team in England, UK. This role focuses on building and evolving cloud-native platforms that support critical services at scale. The successful candidate will be one of the key technical voices in the platform function, influencing architecture, standards, and engineering practices.

Key technologies include Kubernetes, AWS, and platform automation tools. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in platform thinking and enjoy solving complex technical challenges.