Senior Platform Engineer London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities

• Deliver production-ready, reliable, and scalable infrastructure on time.
• Improve developer experience and define technical standards for the entire company.
• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure.
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to define cloud architecture and implement best practices.
• Automate cloud operations with infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, identify issues, and implement solutions to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Optimize cloud resources for cost-efficiency while maintaining performance and security standards.
• Engage in incident response and troubleshooting efforts for cloud-related issues.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest cloud technologies and trends and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant professional experience, preferably from a software engineering background.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Experience with Kubernetes in production and containerization.
• Proven experience with CI/CD and release management - Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions preferable.
• Hands-on experience managing a cloud production environment in AWS or Azure.
• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) experience using Terraform.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Requirements

• Familiarity with ArgoCD and GitOps practices for continuous deployment.
• Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and sprints.
• A love of learning and enjoyment in trying new things.
• Enjoys technical challenges and wants to contribute directly to solutions.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience, expertise, and level of responsibility.
• Equity participation in the company’s employee share option plan.
• Tenure-based PTO: 25 holidays on joining, plus 1 extra day after 2 years, increasing by 1 day each year up to a maximum of 32 holidays.
• Flexible working-from-home policy.
• Work from outside the UK for up to 6 months each year.
• 24/7 EAP support from TELUS Health offering confidential, judgment-free support.
• Annual learning and development allowance.
• One-off WFH allowance when you join (includes support for noise-cancelling headphones or a comfortable desk chair).
• Company-funded fertility and family-forming programmes.
• Private healthcare and dental cover, discounts on gym memberships and relaxation apps, and access to a range of mental health programs.
• 5-week paid sabbatical available after 5 years of employment.

Equal-Opportunity Employment

PolyAI is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions at PolyAI will be based on the business needs without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, neurodiversity status or disability status.