Senior Platform Network Engineer (London)

The MissionAt FLOX, we believe smarter farms lead to thriving chickens and healthier lives. Our mission is simple: healthier chickens benefit everyone. That’s why we built FLOX360, a system that uses Computer Vision, smart sensors, and real-time insights to transform poultry farming. By helping farmers improve welfare and efficiency, FLOX360 creates a win-win for birds, farmers, the environment, and people everywhere. Today, we’re watching 60 million chickens a year.We believe we are setting the standard for animal welfare and smart farming – and we’re just getting started.The PeopleWe’re a diverse team of engineers and entrepreneurs, representing over 13 nationalities and all walks of life – even a few vegetarians! We are brought together by a shared passion for meaningful impact. Our culture is grounded in values we live every day:Empathetic Artisan – We approach our work with care, artistry, and genuine empathy for each other and our users. We lead with positivity and passion.Tenacious Innovator – Innovation drives us. We trust ourselves, keep learning, and uncover bold solutions that redefine what’s possible in poultry farming.Hand in Glove – One mission, one team. We grow together with patience, trust, and transparency, amplifying each other’s strengths to revolutionise farming.Worth Building – Worth celebrating. We dedicate ourselves to work that matters, taking pride in creating disruptive solutions our users can’t live without.This is an exciting moment of growth for FLOX – and we’re looking for ambitious, humble, and purpose-driven people to join us in building a future of smarter farms, thriving chickens, and healthier lives.The roleWe are currently seeking a Senior Platform Network Engineer to work directly under our CTO in our office in London. This role sits in the Engineering Team, and you will report directly to the Senior Engineering Manager. We’re a growing start-up with plenty of room for progression and making the role your own. Occasionally, and in line with your strengths and interests, you may be asked to work outside your job description. What you will be doing:Network Infrastructure:Own the entire networking stack: edge hardware, VPN configurations, cloud networking, on-premises and edge deployments, while ensuring comprehensive security for FLOX, its customers and stakeholdersLead network hardware specification, qualification, configuration and deployment across diverse agricultural environmentsOperate monitoring systems to ensure network uptime and performance, responding to issues through established incident management processesConduct remote and on-farm network debugging and issue resolution, collaborating on root cause analysis and implementing systematic improvementsDevelop comprehensive scalability plans for our global network of systems and devices, aligned with ambitious international growth objectivesLeverage AI-driven network optimisation and automation to ensure operations scale efficiently with expansion plansLeverage AI-driven network optimisation and automation to ensure operations scale efficiently with expansion plansConfigure and maintain load balancers, network switches, routers, and wireless infrastructure for farm deploymentsPlatform Engineering:Design and implement infrastructure-as-code solutions for automated network and platform deploymentsDefine and maintain scalable data pipelines to process multimodal inputs including video, sensor data and structured metadata from network edge devicesBuild internal tools, diagnostics and platform APIs that empower product delivery teams to operate reliably and self-serve common workflowsDevelop automated systems to detect network and platform anomalies, including connectivity issues and ingestion breakdowns, with escalation workflowsWork cross-functionally with Computer Vision, DevOps and Product colleagues to align platform capabilities with product goals and ensure reliable integration pointsOptimise platform architecture for high availability and fault tolerance through resilient patterns and failover mechanisms that complement network redundancyLead the development of infrastructure for deploying and monitoring edge applications and services across the distributed networkCollaborate with tech leads on incident response, architectural reviews and decision-making to drive continuous improvements in platform reliabilityWe would love to meet you if you have all or some of these requirements:Understanding of networking protocols: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLAN, STP, LACPExperience with switches/routers from Cisco, MikroTik, Netgear, Ubiquiti (or equivalent)Experience with wireless deployments (Wi-Fi 6/6E) and resilient WANs (Starlink, cellular backup)Experience with PoE systems and fibre: PoE+/PoE++, extenders, CAT5/5e/6 cabling, single/multi-mode fibreExperience with IoT gateways and messaging: BLE gateways, MQTTUnderstanding of storage/compute for edge AI: local storage for model training, ZFS, RAIDs, NFSExperience with security controls: firewalls, VPNs, NAT gateways; understanding of zero-trust and ACLs; experience with Keycloak and NGINX reverse proxyExperience with Python and FastAPI; understanding of data/messaging systems: Kafka, MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQLExperience with containers and orchestration: Docker; Kubernetes networking and service mesh; RKE2Experience with streaming protocols: RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, MPEG-DASHExperience with monitoring/telemetry: Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, Thanos; ELK; Jaeger; custom exportersExperience with CI/CD and automation: Jenkins, GitLab, Sonatype Nexus, Terraform, Ansible, Argo CDExperience with cloud platforms: AWS (primary), with GCP/Azure exposureExperience with MLOps/data tooling: DVC, MLFlow, Airflow, Dagster, CVAT, Weights & Biases; data lakes/warehousesWhat we can offer you:Up to 65k p.a. depending on experience and locationFlexible workingInclusive and relaxed company culture: we welcome everyone, we encourage you to be yourself and dress as you likeExposure to state-of-the-art technologiesA young and international work environmentTravel within the UK & potentially into the US and LATAMA chance to work with well-respected experts, including AI and roboticsWe are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from all individuals are encouraged regardless of age, socioeconomic background, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.