Platform Engineer - Engine by Starling

The Cross Cutting Engineering team at Engine is the backbone of our innovation. We're dedicated to building and maintaining reliable, scalable, and maintainable infrastructure and tooling that powers our entire software delivery pipeline – from the first line of code to seamless production deployment and ongoing operations. We own the lifecycle of our features, tackling complex challenges with a first-principles approach and fostering a multi-disciplinary environment where you're encouraged to explore and contribute across the platform.

As a Platform Engineer at Engine, you'll be at the forefront of building and scaling our cutting‑edge cloud‑native banking platform across multiple global cloud providers and regions. We're looking for engineers with a strong SRE mindset, who embrace ownership of the entire software delivery pipeline, and are passionate about building internal tooling that empowers our technology teams to operate their applications flawlessly in production. If you're excited by the challenges of building and operating a global, cloud‑native platform, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities Building and Scaling Cloud Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure across multiple providers (including but not limited to GCP) and regions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security. Building on Google Cloud: Contribute to the build‑out and optimisation of our core "Engine" on Google Cloud Platform using Java and Kubernetes. Scaling our SaaS Release Tooling: Enhance and improve our multi‑tenant, multi‑region SaaS release and continuous deployment systems using Java, Golang, and Terraform at its core.

Empowering Developers: Develop and maintain internal tooling using Java and Golang to improve developer experience and on‑call efficiency. Automating Compliance and Security: Build automation solutions in Golang to enforce compliance and security controls across our platform. Driving Efficiency: Optimise the performance and reliability of our cloud environment with a strong focus on cost‑effectiveness.

Embracing Automation: Identify and implement automation opportunities to minimise manual processes across the platform lifecycle. Ensuring Security: Implement and maintain robust security practices to protect our platform and customer data. Championing Best Practices: Stay abreast of new technologies and industry changes, particularly in SRE practices and deployment automation, and share your knowledge with the team.

Maintaining Compliance: Contribute to ensuring our platform adheres to relevant industry standards such as ISO27001, SOC2, and PCI‑DSS. Collaborating and Learning: Work closely with cross‑functional teams, share your expertise, and contribute to our vibrant learning culture. Aiming for Greatness: Strive for excellence in everything you do, maintaining a curious and inquisitive mindset.

Documenting Solutions: Design and document scalable internal tooling clearly and comprehensively. Taking Ownership: Own features and improvements throughout their entire lifecycle. Participate in on‑call: The option to join our on‑call rota (not mandatory!) to deal with interesting technical issues and gain deep insights into our platform's behavior.

Required Skills Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer or similar role. Strong proficiency in Golang and/or Java (you do not need to specialise in both, but you will be expected to pick up the other). Hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Solid understanding and practical experience with Kubernetes. Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools. Deep understanding of SRE principles and practices, including monitoring, alerting, incident management, and capacity planning.

A strong focus on automation and a passion for eliminating manual tasks. Experience with building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments.

Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills. Strong collaboration and communication skills. A proactive and continuous learning mindset.

Ability to design and document technical solutions effectively. Desirable Skills Experience with other cloud providers, particularly AWS. Contributions to open‑source projects.

Experience with database technologies, particularly Postgres. Familiarity with observability and monitoring systems, and a solid understanding of database monitoring, analysis, disaster recovery, and performance tuning. Familiarity with compliance standards such as ISO27001, SOC2, and PCI‑DSS is a plus.

Benefits 33 days holiday (including public holidays, which you can take when it works best for you) An extra day's holiday for your birthday Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off 16 hours paid volunteering time a year Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr & Mrs Smith and Peloton Generous family‑friendly policies Incentives refer a friend scheme Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing Engine by Starling is an equal opportunity employer and is proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Engine by Starling are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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