Senior Platform Engineer - Media

Wave Works; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Wave Works in London is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for an initial 12-month contract, offering £450 per day outside IR35 with hybrid working in London. You will lead architecture and development of cloud-based media platform components and guide technical direction.

You will set up scalable CI/CD pipelines, collaborate with engineers and partners, and mentor a Platform Engineer. Strong media/broadcast experience and Terraform proficiency are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in media or broadcast, understanding content production and workflow tooling.
• Strong CI/CD expertise, including designing and running pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Hands-on cloud/platform engineering experience, 5+ years at a senior level.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of cloud-based media platform components (storage, ingest, workflow services).
• Deploy and manage scalable cloud infrastructure per enterprise standards.
• Design automation, scripting and API integrations to streamline media processing and production workflows.
• Build and own robust CI/CD pipelines for frequent releases.
• Mentor and manage one Platform Engineer, championing IaC practices.

Skills

Media/Broadcast experience

CI/CD with GitHub Actions

Platform/Cloud engineering (5+ yrs)

AWS

GCP

Terraform

REST API integration

DevOps mindset

Mentoring/leadership

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer | Initial 12-month contract | £450pd Outside IR35 | London-based hybrid working

We're working with one of the UK's biggest media and entertainment groups. The programme will streamline and industrialise how content is produced across a portfolio of high-profile digital brands, starting with one of its fastest-growing.

You'll set the technical direction, shape the platform and make things happen.

What you'll be doing

• Leading the architecture and development of cloud-based media platform components, including storage, ingest and workflow services
• Deploying and managing scalable cloud infrastructure in line with enterprise standards
• Designing automation, scripting and API integrations to streamline media processing and production workflows
• Building and owning robust CI/CD pipelines for reliable, frequent releases
• Mentoring and managing one Platform Engineer, and championing good engineering and IaC practices
• Working with external technology partners to solve integration and architecture problems

What you'll bring

• Proven experience in media or broadcast. This is essential. You'll understand content production and workflow tooling and how those systems fit together
• Deep, hands-on CI/CD expertise, including designing and running pipelines (GitHub Actions)
• Strong platform, cloud or backend engineering experience, ideally at a senior level (5+ years)
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP
• Confidence working with Terraform: reading, adapting and troubleshooting existing IaC
• Python, Go or Node.js for automation and API development
• Strong REST API integration skills across varied tech stacks
• Strong DevOps mindset

Nice to have

• Experience with digital asset management, cloud storage or media ingest platforms
• AWS or GCP professional-level certifications