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What you'll be doing

You'll play a key role in maintaining and evolving our core engineering platforms, including:

Backstage and internal developer portal capabilities
Engineering data platforms, including ELT workflows, DBT and SQL-based data pipelines
Observability and monitoring Grafana platforms
Internal automation and workflow platforms that support software delivery and engineering operations

You'll also contribute to broader platform engineering initiatives, including:

Streamlining software delivery workflows and engineering practices
Supporting integration across internal platforms and tooling
Improving the developer experience through self-service tooling, templates and golden paths
Using engineering insights and data to drive continuous improvement
Providing technical guidance and support to engineering teams
Driving adoption of modern platform tools and practices
Mentoring Platform Engineers and contributing to technical leadership within the team

You should bring

Strong experience designing and operating internal platforms and shared engineering tooling
Experience improving developer workflows, developer experience and software delivery practices
Solid understanding of modern software engineering, platform patterns and delivery workflows
Hands-on experience with TypeScript or Go
Experience building and supporting Internal Developer Platforms
Experience working with data platforms, ELT workflows, DBT and SQL-based data pipelines
Strong understanding of cloud platforms, containerisation and infrastructure as code
Experience building self-service tooling, templates and developer enablement capabilities
Experience with monitoring and observability
Good understanding of security best practices in software delivery and platform design
Strong problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills
Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor others and influence adoption of engineering best practices

Platform Engineer

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