Senior Platform Engineer

At Ocean Infinity, we're on a bold mission to subsea data using innovative technology. Using cutting-edge robotics, autonomous technology and world-class software, we're transforming how complex operations are carried out at sea. Our uncrewed systems are making ocean exploration and operations safer, smarter and more sustainable, helping unlock the vast potential of our oceans while reducing environmental impact. 🌍 This isn't a vision for the future. It's happening right now. As we continue to push the boundaries of innovation and redefine what's possible in the maritime industry, we're looking for exceptional talent to join our fast-growing team. Ocean Infinity is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to help build, operate & evolve the systems, tooling & infrastructure that support our software delivery & platform operations. In this role you'll be taking ownership of key platform components & contribute to the foundations that enable engineering teams to build, deploy & operate services reliably at scale. You'll work on improving internal tooling, strengthening observability and operational practices & ensuring teams have the self-service capabilities required to confidently manage their services. You'll report to the Core Engineering Lead & collaborate closely with the teams across the organization providing hands-on technical support, architectural input & practical solutions that strengthen the company's core engineering platform. Requirements What you will do! 🚀 Design and evolve core platform systems, Contribute to architecture & implementation strategy of cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD & internal tooling foundations that support the operations across the organizationDrive High-impact Platform Improvements, Own & deliver enhancements across infrastructure, deployments & automation to improve reliability, scalability & performance Build for resilience and efficiency, Develop platform capabilities that are secure, fault-tolerant & easy for product teams to adoptEnhance developer productivity Create internal tools, services & workflows that aim to reduce friction & help engineers build, test and deploy faster & smootherStrengthen observability and operations, Improve monitoring, logging & alerting to ensure visibility across environments and support fast, effective incident response Solve complex technical challenges, Investigate & resolve issues across distributed systems, cloud services, networking & Kubernetes - & translate findings into measurable improvementsCollaborate across teams, Work closely with engineering and product teams to support new features, troubleshoot integration issues & ensure services run reliably on the platformEvaluate and introduce new technologies, Stay current with cloud-native & DevOps ecosystems – bringing in tools & approaches that aim to improve delivery speed, reliability and developer experiencePromote platform standards and best practices, Help establish and reinforce patterns that lead to secure, scalable and well-operated services What we look for!🔍 You have a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experienceYou bring in 5+ years of experience working in Platform Engineering, SRE, DevOps or infrastructure-focused software developmentYou have a strong experience with Cloud environments (Azure preferred) and understand the fundamentals of cloud networking, identity, compute & storageYou have deep, hands-on experience operating Kubernetes in production – including deployments, troubleshooting, networking & day-to-day operationsYou are comfortable running & operating containerized services at scaleYou work confidently with infrastructure-as-code to automate deployments environments and operational workflowsYou have experience owning, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, internal tooling or automation that supports development operationsYou’re comfortable troubleshooting issues across distributed systems, networking, containers and cloud servicesYou have a strong understanding of monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting and appreciate the value that a strong observability setup brings to an organization Nice to have! ✨ Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform as familiarity with modern Kubernetes configuration approaches – operators, GitOps controllers, or similarStrong understanding of Kubernetes internals, cluster lifecycle & multi-cluster patternsExperience operating & supporting platforms across Azure and on-prem environments, including practical experience with Windows Servers & Linux systemsSolid understanding of distributed system concepts, including service networking, messaging patterns & event-driven designsGood grasp of software architecture fundamentals such as CQRS, domain-driven principles & how backend services interact with modern cloud-native environmentsUnderstanding of structured observability concepts – metrics, traces, logs – even if not specialized in any single stackBenefits *Salary: £100,000 Per Annum*