Staff Platform Engineer

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 114,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HealthTech company is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer based in London. This role involves improving their microservices architecture with cloud technology expertise, mentoring the Platform Engineering team, and influencing future strategies. You'll join a mission-driven team focused on supporting vulnerable people through technology, offering significant career progression opportunities and a flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with modern cloud technologies, especially AWS.
• Proven ability to mentor high-performing teams.
• Experience in driving organizational change.

Responsibilities

• Enhance existing Kubernetes microservices architecture.
• Implement SRE best practices.
• Maximize AWS capabilities.

Skills

AWS

K8s (EKS)

Go

JavaScript

GitOps

Terraform

OTel

Job description

Job Description

Role: Staff Platform Engineer

Tech stack: AWS, K8s (EKS), OTel, Terraform, Go, JS, Argo, GitOps

Salary: up to £135k plus approximately £30k in equity

Location: London, with consideration for UK-wide applicants (note: unable to offer visa sponsorship)

I am working with a fantastic, mission-driven HealthTech company whose multifaceted solutions are genuinely improving the lives of vulnerable people.

The company is in a strong position, having recently secured funding and expecting profitability next year. They are now focusing on strategic growth and are seeking a Staff Platform Engineer to enhance their existing Kubernetes microservices architecture, implement SRE best practices, and maximize AWS capabilities.

They value a thoughtful development process, ensuring features are well-designed and thoroughly tested before deployment. This creates a positive engineering environment and high developer satisfaction.

The company fosters a culture of trust and autonomy, encouraging engineers to share their ideas on how to improve processes. The successful candidate will influence future strategies, mentor and motivate the Platform Engineering team, and play a key role in team expansion and development.

There is significant potential for career progression, with support, training, and growth opportunities provided to engineers.

Flexibility is offered to work remotely or from their London office, with team gatherings onsite at least once a month.

If you have experience with modern cloud technologies, mentoring high-performing teams, and driving organizational change, please apply to set up a call.