At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to enhance code delivery and build innovative infrastructure.
- Company: Bloom & Wild Group, Europe's leading flower and gifting business.
- Benefits: Flexible working hours, generous holiday, health perks, and learning budget.
- Other info: Dynamic team culture with opportunities for growth and remote work.
- Why this job: Make a real impact with cutting-edge tech and AI integration.
- Qualifications: Experience with AWS, Terraform, and coding in Ruby or Python.
The predicted salary is between 56250 - 68750 £ per year.
Location
UK, Netherlands, or Remote (Europe)
Tech Stack
- AWS, Terraform, Ruby, Python, React, Git Hub Actions, Datadog
- About Tech At Bloom & Wild Group
We're Europe's largest direct-to-consumer flower and gifting business (incorporating Bloom & Wild, bloomon, and Bergamotte).
Our 60+ person Tech team builds the software powering our online shops, warehouses, and delivery logistics.
You can read lots more about our technology stack and our culture over on our tech blog - Code & Wild.
The Role
As a Platform Engineer, You'll Help Our Engineering Teams Ship Code Faster, Safely, And On Reliable Infrastructure. You'll Split Your Time Roughly Between
- Embedded Work: Joining domain squads to fix bottlenecks and improve their systems.
- Central Platform Work: Building shared tools, infrastructure, and automation for all developers.
- AI Integration: Rolling out AI tools across development, code reviews, and incident response.
Key Responsibilities
- Internal Tooling: Create feature flags, canary rollouts, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Core Infrastructure: Manage and optimise AWS, Git Hub, Datadog, and Cloudflare.
- Automation: Eliminate repetitive manual tasks for engineering teams, utilising AI tools where you can.
- Production Support: Guide squads on managing their own apps using metrics, logs, and SLOs.
What We're Looking For
- AWS & Terraform: Hands-on experience (specifically ECS Fargate, RDS, Lambda, or Event Bridge).
- CI/CD & Observability: Strong understanding of deployment pipelines and system monitoring.
- Modern Tools: Interest in using AI tools in daily software engineering.
- Codebases: Comfortable working with application code in Ruby or Python and navigating ambiguous problems.
(Don't check every box? Please apply anyway! We hire for potential and diverse perspectives over exhaustive checklists.)
Benefits & Perks
- Flexibility: Core hours (10-4), hybrid or remote working, plus up to 45 days per year to work abroad.
- Time Off: 25 days holiday + birthday + flexible bank holidays (option to buy 5 extra days).
- Growth & Support: Health cash plan, free therapy (Open Up), equity options, learning budget, and generous product discounts.
- How We Hire
- 2-Min Application
- Initial Chat (30 mins with Chloe, Talent Acquisition Manager)
- Team Interview (45 mins with the Platform team)
- Technical Session (60-min live pairing exercise)
- Final Chat (45 mins with Steve, Tech Leadership)
(Need interview adjustments? Just let us know in your application, we're happy to support you.)
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information.
These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment.
Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.
If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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Platform Engineer (Mid) employer: Tech
Bloom & Wild Group is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the tech industry. With a strong focus on employee growth, you will have access to continuous learning opportunities and the chance to work with cutting-edge AI tools in a fully remote environment, allowing for flexibility and work-life balance. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that values your contributions and supports your professional development.
