Senior Platform Network Engineer (London)

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology-driven poultry farming company is seeking a Senior Platform Network Engineer in London. The role involves managing the entire networking stack, leading hardware deployments, and collaborating cross-functionally. Candidates should have a solid background in networking protocols, experience with wireless deployments, and programming skills, especially in Python. The position offers a competitive salary up to £65k p.a., flexible working, and exposure to cutting-edge technologies.

Benefits

Salary up to £65k p.a.

Flexible working

Inclusive company culture

Exposure to state-of-the-art technologies

International work environment

Travel within the UK & potentially abroad

Work with experts in AI and robotics

Qualifications

• Understanding of networking protocols: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLAN.
• Experience with switches and routers.
• Experience with wireless deployments and resilient WANs.
• Understanding of storage for edge AI.
• Experience with Python and FastAPI.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire networking stack and ensure security.
• Lead network hardware specification and deployment.
• Operate monitoring systems for network uptime.
• Conduct remote debugging and issue resolution.
• Develop scalability plans for a global network.

Skills

Networking protocols: TCP/IP

Switches/routers experience

Wireless deployments

PoE systems and fibre

IoT gateways and messaging

Storage/compute for edge AI

Security controls

Python and FastAPI

Containers and orchestration

Streaming protocols

Monitoring/telemetry tools

CI/CD and automation

Cloud platforms: AWS

MLOps/data tooling

Job description

Job DescriptionThe Mission

At FLOX, we believe smarter farms lead to thriving chickens and healthier lives. Our mission is simple: healthier chickens benefit everyone. That’s why we built FLOX360, a system that uses Computer Vision, smart sensors, and real-time insights to transform poultry farming. By helping farmers improve welfare and efficiency, FLOX360 creates a win-win for birds, farmers, the environment, and people everywhere. Today, we’re watching 60 million chickens a year.

We believe we are setting the standard for animal welfare and smart farming - and we’re just getting started.

The People

We’re a diverse team of engineers and entrepreneurs, representing over 13 and all walks of life - even a few vegetarians! We are brought together by a shared passion for meaningful impact. Our culture is grounded in values we live every day:

Empathetic Artisan - We approach our work with care, artistry, and genuine empathy for each other and our users. We lead with positivity and passion.

Tenacious Innovator - Innovation drives us. We trust ourselves, keep learning, and uncover bold solutions that redefine what’s possible in poultry farming.

Hand in Glove - One mission, one team. We grow together with patience, trust, and transparency, amplifying each other’s strengths to revolutionise farming.

Worth Building - Worth celebrating. We dedicate ourselves to work that matters, taking pride in creating disruptive solutions our users can’t live without.

This is an exciting moment of growth for FLOX - and we’re looking for ambitious, humble, and purpose-driven people to join us in building a future of smarter farms, thriving chickens, and healthier lives.

The role

We are currently seeking a Senior Platform Network Engineer to work directly under our CTO in our office in London. This role sits in the Engineering Team, and you will report directly to the Senior Engineering Manager.

We’re a growing start-up with plenty of room for progression and making the role your own. Occasionally, and in line with your strengths and interests, you may be asked to work outside your job description.

What you will be doing:

Network Infrastructure:

• Own the entire networking stack: edge hardware, VPN configurations, cloud networking, on-premises and edge deployments, while ensuring comprehensive security for FLOX, its customers and stakeholders
• Lead network hardware specification, qualification, configuration and deployment across diverse agricultural environments
• Operate monitoring systems to ensure network uptime and performance, responding to issues through established incident management processes
• Conduct remote and on-farm network debugging and issue resolution, collaborating on root cause analysis and implementing systematic improvements
• Develop comprehensive scalability plans for our global network of systems and devices, aligned with ambitious international growth objectives
• Leverage AI-driven network optimisation and automation to ensure operations scale efficiently with expansion plans
• Leverage AI-driven network optimisation and automation to ensure operations scale efficiently with expansion plans
• Configure and maintain load balancers, network switches, routers, and wireless infrastructure for farm deployments

Platform Engineering:

• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code solutions for automated network and platform deployments
• Define and maintain scalable data pipelines to process multimodal inputs including video, sensor data and structured metadata from network edge devices
• Build internal tools, diagnostics and platform APIs that empower product delivery teams to operate reliably and self-serve common workflows
• Develop automated systems to detect network and platform anomalies, including connectivity issues and ingestion breakdowns, with escalation workflows
• Work cross-functionally with Computer Vision, DevOps and Product colleagues to align platform capabilities with product goals and ensure reliable integration points
• Optimise platform architecture for high availability and fault tolerance through resilient patterns and failover mechanisms that complement network redundancy
• Lead the development of infrastructure for deploying and monitoring edge applications and services across the distributed network
• Collaborate with tech leads on incident response, architectural reviews and decision-making to drive continuous improvements in platform reliability

We would love to meet you if you have all or some of these requirements:

• Understanding of networking protocols: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLAN, STP, LACP
• Experience with switches/routers from Cisco, MikroTik, Netgear, Ubiquiti (or equivalent)
• Experience with wireless deployments (Wi-Fi 6/6E) and resilient WANs (Starlink, cellular backup)
• Experience with PoE systems and fibre: PoE+/PoE++, extenders, CAT5/5e/6 cabling, single/multi-mode fibre
• Experience with IoT gateways and messaging: BLE gateways, MQTT
• Understanding of storage/compute for edge AI: local storage for model training, ZFS, RAIDs, NFS
• Experience with security controls: firewalls, VPNs, NAT gateways; understanding of zero-trust and ACLs; experience with Keycloak and NGINX reverse proxy
• Experience with Python and FastAPI; understanding of data/messaging systems: Kafka, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
• Experience with containers and orchestration: Docker; Kubernetes networking and service mesh; RKE2
• Experience with streaming protocols: RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, MPEG-DASH
• Experience with monitoring/telemetry: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Thanos; ELK; Jaeger; custom exporters
• Experience with CI/CD and automation: Jenkins, GitLab, Sonatype Nexus, Terraform, Ansible, Argo CD
• Experience with cloud platforms: AWS (primary), with GCP/Azure exposure
• Experience with MLOps/data tooling: DVC, MLFlow, Airflow, Dagster, CVAT, Weights & Biases; data lakes/warehouses

What we can offer you:

• Up to 65k p.a. depending on experience and location
• Flexible working
• Inclusive and relaxed company culture: we welcome everyone, we encourage you to be yourself and dress as you like
• Exposure to state-of-the-art technologies
• A and international work environment
• Travel within the UK & potentially into the US and LATAM
• A chance to work with well-respected experts, including AI and robotics

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from all individuals are encouraged regardless of , socioeconomic background, , , reassignment, , and maternity, , religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.