Senior Software Engineer

Wayve; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Paid time off

Mental health resources

Team socials

Competitive compensation

Learning budget

Job summary

Wayve in Greater London is seeking a Platform Engineer to own and evolve the cloud infrastructure and developer tooling that underpins the Portal engineering team. This is a broad, hands-on role, not a narrow specialty.

You’ll design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and developer tooling (primarily Azure) using IaC (Terraform) across development, staging and production. You’ll manage RBAC/IAM for a multi-tenant environment and improve deployment reliability.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on cloud infrastructure experience, ideally Azure.
• Production Terraform/IaC experience across dev/stage/prod.
• Security and networking fundamentals; practical platform hardening.
• Ability to coach developers on tooling and DX.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and developer tooling (Azure) using IaC across environments.
• Own and evolve RBAC/IAM for a multi-tenant Portal environment.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines to raise developer velocity and reliability.
• Support Kubernetes-based deployment workflows and platform services.
• Develop internal tools and observability capabilities; participate in on-call rotation.
• Apply security best practices and coach developers on platform security.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud infrastructure

RBAC/IAM

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Developer tooling

On-call rotation

Security fundamentals

Tools

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

IAM tooling

Job description

• The team operates as a startup within a scale-up: with its own infrastructure, its own DevOps, and a high-autonomy operating model independent from Wayve’s core engineering org
• We’re looking for a Platform Engineer to own and evolve the cloud infrastructure and developer tooling that underpins the entire Portal engineering team
• This is a broad, hands-on platform engineering role, not a narrow specialisation
• You’ll work across cloud infrastructure, RBAC/IAM, CI/CD, Kubernetes and developer productivity. You’ll be the person application developers come to when they need to move faster, more safely and you’ll build the systems and guardrails that make that possible
• Design, build and maintain cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and developer tooling (primarily Azure) using IaC (Terraform) across development, staging, and production environments
• Own and evolve RBAC/IAM across both cloud/infrastructure and application/product layers for a multi-tenant Portal environment
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines to increase developer velocity, reliability and deployment safety
• Support and improve Kubernetes-based deployment workflows and platform services
• Build internal tools and observability capabilities that help engineers deliver performant, reliable software at scale
• Participate in a support/on-call rotation; respond to incidents, support engineers, and contribute to root cause analysis
• Apply practical security and networking knowledge to harden the platform and coach application developers on best practices

Benefits

• Private healthcare: Choose our optional health insurance for comprehensive coverage for you and your family.
• Paid time off: Paid vacation plus public holidays and additional leave programs, ensuring you have time to unwind.
• Mental health resources: Through Spill, you can access therapy and mental health support.
• Community and socials: Join clubs or attend team socials to connect over hobbies, sports, or just for fun.
• Competitive compensation: Our compensation package includes cash and equity, making you a true partner in our success.
• Learning and development: Budgets for books, courses, and company-wide training to support your continuous growth.

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelinesStrong hands-on cloud infrastructure experience, ideally Azure, with production Terraform/IaC experienceSecurity and networking fundamentals: you are a hands-on builder, not just a reviewerHigh autonomy and ownership: you take responsibility for outcomes in a fast-moving teamExperience as part of a support or on-call rotationA strong communicator who can coach and guide application developers, not just build in isolationA product mindset: you think about the developer experience and build tools that genuinely improve how the team worksStrong RBAC/IAM knowledge at cloud/infrastructure level; experience with application/product-level IAM or multi-tenancy is highly valuableWe understand that everyone has a unique set of skills and experiences and that not everyone will meet all of the requirements listed above. If you’re passionate about self-driving cars and think you have what it takes to make a positive impact on the world, we encourage you to applyExperience working with multiple cloud providers or cross-cloud IAM across Azure, AWS and/or GCPExperience in a startup or high-growth engineering environmentBackground in developer experience (DX) or internal toolingSecurity certifications are a plus but not required