Senior Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & Go

Just Eat Takeaway.com; Wealden; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com are building and evolving a data & ML platform core team. You will shape platform vision, drive self-service workflows, and design Kubernetes-based infrastructure in a cloud-native environment.

You’ll mentor peers and collaborate across Data and ML Platform groups to raise engineering practices. The role focuses on building scalable, reliable platform experiences for internal developers, with close partnerships across teams to ensure high-quality software and services.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building cloud-native platforms on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Proficient in Go for backend services, CLIs, or Kubernetes controllers.
• Experience with GitOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable architectures.
• Experience building self-service developer platforms (IDPs).
• Focus on developer experience and reducing cognitive load through good abstractions.
• Excellent cross-team communication and collaboration to drive platform adoption.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the design and implementation of platform capabilities using Kubernetes-native patterns and event-driven architectures.
• Drive adoption of platform engineering principles, building reusable abstractions and self-service workflows for internal users.
• Design and implement Kubernetes controllers/operators in Go to automate infrastructure and lifecycle management.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to growing platform engineering practices across our pillar in the Data and ML Platform teams.
• Collaborate across teams to align on platform interfaces, abstractions, and shared infrastructure patterns.
• Support the hiring of new engineers as we expand the team, setting the bar on quality of code and collaboration.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

GitOps

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Self-service platform

Developer experience

Tools

Kubernetes controllers/operators

Go CLI development

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Just Eat Takeaway.com are building and evolving a data & ML platform core team. You will shape platform vision, drive self-service workflows, and design Kubernetes-based infrastructure in a cloud-native environment.

You’ll mentor peers and collaborate across Data and ML Platform groups to raise engineering practices. The role focuses on building scalable, reliable platform experiences for internal developers, with close partnerships across teams to ensure high-quality software and services.