Platform Engineer AWS Kubernetes

Platform Engineer (AWS Kubernetes HA) St Albans / WFH to £115k

Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.
Are you an infrastructure technologist with a software engineering background?
You could be progressing your career at a highly successful technology business that develops sophisticated platforms used to analyse and trade on global sports markets. You'll join a collaborative engineering team where your work will have a direct impact on business performance.
As a Platform Engineer you will collaborate with a small team to build and operate the platform underpinning its trading platforms, while developing the tools and services that enable software engineers to develop, build, test and deploy applications efficiently.
You'll join a highly impactful Platform Engineering team working at the intersection of software engineering, cloud infrastructure and developer experience. The team plays a central role in embracing AI, evolving engineering tools and processes to better support both developers and AI agents throughout the software development lifecycle.
There's a broad and modern technology estate including AWS, Linux, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis / Valkey, HAProxy, Consul, Grafana, OpenSearch and Terraform, alongside development technologies including C# .Net, Python, Node.js, Bash and PowerShell. CI/CD tooling includes Azure DevOps Pipelines and ArgoCD.
Location / WFH:
You'll join colleagues in St. Albans, Hertfordshire (parking available), 10 minute walk from local station, with the flexibility to work from home 2-3 days a week in a hybrid model and flexible working hours within the core
About you:
You have previous Software Engineering skills, ideally C# .Net, Python, Node. xwzovoh js, PowerShell or Bash
You have strong experience with AWS and Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform
You have strong Kubernetes experience
You have a deep understanding of modern platform / cloud engineering
You have hands-on experience using AI development tools and a good understanding of emerging AI engineering practices
You have a pragmatic, automation focused mindset with a passion for improving developer experience
You enjoy collaborating, learning new things and sharing knowledge
You are degree educated in Computer Science or closely related discipline from a top tier university (e.g. Russel Group / Oxbridge)
What's in it for you:
As a Platform Engineer you will earn a competitive package:
Salary to £115k
Bonus
25 days holiday, rising to 30 after 2 years
Enhanced parental leave
Contributory pension scheme
Private Medical
MSDN subscription
Discounts for gym membership, travel and cinema
Sabbatical after 10 years of service
Flexible working
Apply now to find out more about this Platform Engineer (AWS Kubernetes HA) opportunity.