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Senior Platform Engineer | Colchester

London, United Kingdom (Britain / UK)

Apply by 20 Oct 2026

UK £90,000

Job Ref.: 57805

Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

Senior Platform Engineer

? Colchester (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office) ? Competitive Salary + Benefits ?Permanent Role

We're partnered with a fast-growing software business that is investing heavily in its platform engineering capability and looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to help build the foundations that enable product teams to deliver high-quality software at scale.

This is an opportunity to join a business undergoing significant growth and transformation, where you'll play a key role in designing and evolving the internal developer platform, cloud infrastructure, and engineering tooling that supports multiple development teams. 

The Role

Working as part of a modern Platform Engineering function, you'll help create a frictionless developer experience through automation, self-service tooling, and cloud-native best practices.

You'll be responsible for:

  • Building and enhancing Internal Developer Platform (IDP) capabilities
  • Developing and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
  • Managing and optimising Kubernetes environments
  • Implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible
  • Driving GitOps practices and platform standardisation
  • Improving platform reliability, security, scalability and cost effectiveness
  • Creating "golden paths" that reduce developer cognitive load and accelerate delivery
  • Collaborating with Engineering, Security and SRE teams to improve operational excellence
  • Championing modern engineering practices including observability, automation and resilience engineering

Experience Required: 

  • At least 4 years' experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps or Cloud Infrastructure roles
  • Strong Kubernetes knowledge in production environments
  • Hands-on experience with Azure cloud technologies
  • Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise
  • Experience building and supporting scalable distributed systems
  • Strong CI/CD and automation experience
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • A collaborative mindset with strong communication skills
  • Experience working within fast-paced engineering teams or technology organisations 

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to have a genuine impact on how engineering teams build, test and deploy software. 

You'll join a business with ambitious growth plans, modern technologies, and a culture that values ownership, innovation and continuous improvement.

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