Senior Platform Engineer — Kubernetes, Cloud & DevOps Lead

RVU; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% discretionary yearly bonus

Hybrid working

Employer pension contributions up to 7

£300 home‑office budget

Private medical cover

25 days holiday (+1‑2”my time” days)

Job summary

RVU seeks a Platform Engineer for the Airship team to drive platform engineering across Uswitch, money.co.uk and related brands. You will own technical strategy, shape architecture and implement secure, reliable services running on Kubernetes and AWS.

You will collaborate with cross-functional groups to monitor and improve performance, cost and security while mentoring engineers and promoting a culture of continuous learning. Hybrid working and strong tooling focus are key features of this role.

Qualifications

• Experience running Kubernetes clusters in production.
• Knowledge of Golang, Helm, Terraform (Python a plus).
• Production experience with Cilium, eBPF or general networking.
• Extensive monitoring experience.
• Strong debugging skills for large systems.
• Understanding of image vulnerability scanning and patching strategies.
• Familiarity with AWS Multi-Account system designs, Crossplane, Control Tower.
• Knowledge of Argo Workflows or similar data-pipeline services.
• Experience with Cloud Native projects.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions and OpenTelemetry.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside established engineering teams, supporting and growing the organisation’s understanding of modern technology.
• Collaborate with cross-functional groups to shape and deliver the technical vision.
• Own technical strategy, decisions and implementation approach.
• Use logs, metrics and data to monitor and improve system performance, cost, security and reliability.
• Participate in technical catch-ups, working groups and all-hands to enhance a diverse engineering culture.
• Share experience, knowledge and expertise in a continuous learning environment.
• Accountability for objective setting, feature ideation, architecture, process definition, the entire stack, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Mentor and coach engineers, presenting knowledge back to the wider organisation.
• Proactively identify improvement opportunities and manage time between team and organisational contributions.
• Rotate around the business to build relationships and act as a multiplier.

Skills

Kubernetes

Golang

Terraform

Python

CI/CD

Cloud networking

Monitoring

OpenTelemetry

Tools

Helm

Terraform

Cilium/eBPF

AWS (Multi-Account, Control Tower)

GitHub Actions

Argo Workflows

OpenSearch

Envoy

Job description

RVU seeks a Platform Engineer for the Airship team to drive platform engineering across Uswitch, money.co.uk and related brands. You will own technical strategy, shape architecture and implement secure, reliable services running on Kubernetes and AWS.

You will collaborate with cross-functional groups to monitor and improve performance, cost and security while mentoring engineers and promoting a culture of continuous learning. Hybrid working and strong tooling focus are key features of this role.