Lead Platform Engineer

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Tillo

£90,000 - £110,000

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Description

Hybrid requirements: This role has flexible working patterns.

Overview: We are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer with a passion for automation and collaboration, as well as a deep understanding of AWS and EKS. You will ensure the platform can scale rapidly and reliably, simplify engineers' experiences, and support the transformation of a new product area. Key Responsibilities: - Manage and continuously optimize cloud infrastructure to improve performance, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency. - Operate container orchestration solutions (Kubernetes / EKS). - Build and manage CI/CD pipelines. - Design, build, and manage Infrastructure as Code. - Work in an agile way following DevOps principles. - Manage disaster recovery, monitoring, and alerting. - Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Platform team members. - Mentor Platform and Software engineers on best practices. Key Requirements: - Strong experience with AWS as a cloud provider, particularly managing EKS workload. - Expertise in writing Infrastructure as Code (ideally in Pulumi). - Proficiency in Linux and Bash. - Experience deploying and operating applications on Kubernetes. - Familiarity with PHP and/or Python ecosystems. - Ability to communicate the benefits of DevOps practices such as Agile, Theory of Constraints, and SLO-based monitoring. - Strong collaboration skills, working with development teams to improve monitoring, alerting, CI/CD. - Proficiency in Git/source control. - Experience in a fast-scaling business and adaptability to change. Desirable Skills: - Go and TypeScript development best practices. - Provisioning and administering Windows Servers and VMs. - Provisioning and managing SQL Server and Azure SQL databases. - Managing Windows Active Directory.

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Culture overview

It’s our team that makes us great at what we do. Whether we’re working from our fantastic head office in Hove or remotely, the team loves to collaborate. Together, we’re a motivated and innovative bunch who work hard to find new ways to push Tillo forward every day. Trust and empowerment are important to us. Our team encourages flexibility and autonomy while offering a supportive work environment. Whatever your role here, you’ll experience a great work-life balance that helps you reach your potential.

Employee benefits

Cycle To Work

Free Food

Laptop

Learning Allowance

Pension

Private Healthcare

Share Options

Wellbeing Programme

Office vibe

City Centre

Open Plan

Social Events

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Leadership

Michael NorrisVP of Engineering

Tech overview

We're a team of creative problem solvers, and we work collaboratively and openly to find the best solution. Although there's a lot of expertise within the company, we're willing to be challenged and open to a new way of doing things. We tend to work in two-week sprints where we're laser-focused on a particular project or solution. We encourage continuous learning and improvement. We give our team members real responsibility, autonomy and the opportunity to develop their skills and take ownership.