Senior Platform Engineer (IaaS) — Go, Kubernetes, GCP

Burns Sheehan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth UK tech business in London seeks a Senior / Staff Software Engineer to join their IaaS team. The role involves building tools for infrastructure workflows, collaborating on design with product leads, and mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates have a strong background in Go, Kubernetes, and cloud environments. This position requires 4 days a week in the office and offers a salary of £115,000 - £130,000.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background, ideally writing Go (or .NET/Java).
• Solid experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience in cloud environments - GCP preferred, AWS/Azure acceptable.
• A collaborative engineer who can mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Building tools and services that improve infrastructure workflows for engineering teams.
• Collaborating with senior engineers and product leads on design and implementation.
• Contributing to technical strategy, team mentoring, and engineering standards.
• Opportunity to work on Open-source projects focusing on AI agents.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Cloud environments (GCP preferred)

Collaboration

Mentoring

Job description

A high-growth UK tech business in London seeks a Senior / Staff Software Engineer to join their IaaS team. The role involves building tools for infrastructure workflows, collaborating on design with product leads, and mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates have a strong background in Go, Kubernetes, and cloud environments. This position requires 4 days a week in the office and offers a salary of £115,000 - £130,000.