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About us.
We’re the team behind digital retailer Very.
Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do.
And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you’re high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you’ll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.
If you love making a difference, you’ll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.
About the role
At Very, great engineeringdoesn’thappen by accident.It’sbuilt on strong foundations, smart tooling and platforms that make it easier to move fast and do things right.
This role sits right at the heart of that.
As a Principal Platform Engineer,you’llshape the platforms that hundreds of engineers rely on every day.You’llmake it faster to build, safer to release and easier to scale. The impact of your work will be felt across every product, everyteamand every customer experience we deliver.
If you enjoy solving complex problems, improving how things work and seeing your ideas adopted at scale,you’llfeel right at home here.
This is a role with real reach.
You’llbe designing and evolving the core platform that underpins our engineering ecosystem. Your customers are internal, but your impact goes far beyond that. When you improve the platform, you improve everything we build on top of it.
You’llhave the space to experiment, the backing to introduce better ways of working and the influence to raise the bar for engineering across the business.
Youwon’tjust keep things running.You’llmake them better,simplerand more resilient.
What you will work on
- Shape and evolve our cloud infrastructure ait’ssecure,scalableand built for reuse
- Make it easier for engineers to build and release by improving CI/CD pipelines and automation
- Reduce friction and manual effort by introducing smarter tooling andeliminatingtoil
- Solve complex platform challenges and guide teams through them with practical, hands-on support
- Connect systems,platformsand services so they work seamlessly together
- Spot opportunities to improve performance, reliability and developer experience and make them happen
- Champion modern engineering practices and help teams adopt them with confidence
About You
You’resomeone who enjoys getting underneath the surface of complex systems and figuring out how to make them work better.
You’recomfortable balancing hands-on engineering with bigger-picture thinking, and you naturally look for ways to improve how things are done.
You’llbring:
- Strong troubleshooting skills and a curiosity for how systems behave in the real world
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure,automationand configuration management
- A solid background in scripting or programming, whether that’s Java, Python, Bash or similar
- Confidence working across Linux environments, networkingfundamentalsand integrated systems
- An understanding of CI/CD and version control, and how they come together to support great delivery
- Experience working in complex environments where scale, reliability and dependencies really matter.
Some of our benefits
- Flexible, hybrid working model
- Inclusive culture and environment
- £1,000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
- 30days holiday + bank holidays
- Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk
- Matched pension up to 6%
- More benefits can be found on our career site
Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities
We’rebuilding a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don’t discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via talentacquisition@theverygroup.com. We’ll be happy to support you.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.
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