Senior Platform Reliability Engineer
Notonthehighstreet
Other Engineering
United Kingdom
Posted on Dec 24, 2024
The Role
We have embarked on an ambitious new development phase to advance our technology, including platform re-architecture and further development of our front-end services. It’s an exciting time and we need to strengthen and grow our teams!
As Senior Platform Engineer, you will join our platform engineering team responsible for our developer experience. You will enable our teams to build our new infrastructure, leveraging AWS cloud services to operate our docker based platform composed of frontend & backend services for our customers, partners, and business users.
We have embarked on an ambitious new development phase to advance our technology, including platform re-architecture and further development of our front-end services. It’s an exciting time and we need to strengthen and grow our teams!
As Senior Platform Engineer, you will join our platform engineering team responsible for our developer experience. You will enable our teams to build our new infrastructure, leveraging AWS cloud services to operate our docker based platform composed of frontend & backend services for our customers, partners, and business users.
- Department
- Tech
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Workplace type
- Hybrid
- Compensation
- £75,000 - £82,000 / year
Accountabilities
Key focus areas
- Facilitating seamless cloud deployments and streamlined maintenance.
- Offering engineering and development support to Cloud Operations to enhance operational efficiency.
- Providing self-service solutions and supporting development teams in resolving complex issues.
- Actively contribute to large scale migrations towards Github Actions, Terraform and Kubernetes (EKS).
As a senior member of our PRE team, you will have the following responsibilities:
- Support, monitor and continuously improve our infrastructure.
- Develop and maintain deep expertise in our infrastructure, serving as a subject matter expert to support and guide the PRE team and assist our development teams.
- Actively contribute to the development process of our platform, by collaborating with software engineers, sharing your expertise in our systems, and supporting infrastructure changes needed for upcoming releases.
- Provide the necessary tools, workflows, knowledge and training to development teams.
- Empower development teams to take full ownership of their services, including providing on-call and out-of-hours support.
Some key skills and experience you’ll need...
Technical skills:
- 5+ years work experience of relevant experience.
- Proven experience and knowledge of AWS cloud platform & AWS services.
Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is beneficial as this is a platform we are expanding into. - Knowledge of container runtime technologies such as AWS ECS, EKS or other Kubernetes-based solution.
- Experience with Terraform, HCL and managing infrastructure with code.
- Experience writing code in Python, Shell scripting for infrastructure management.
Knowledge of Java, Javascript/NodeJS, Ruby will be appreciated. - Experience developing/maintaining/troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
Knowledge of Jenkins declarative pipelines, the Groovy language or Github actions will be appreciated. - Strong knowledge of modern security principles, including authentication, authorisation, policies, and secrets management.
Human skills:
- Proficient in breaking down complex problems into manageable tasks.
- Be a keen and voluntary team player with good interpersonal skills.
Don’t meet every single requirement? No problem. Your strengths, passion & fresh perspective could be just what we’re looking for - so we encourage you to apply!
What we offer
Our perks
It's super important to us to make sure everyone feels safe and looked-after, which is why we've got a wide range of benefits in place. From supporting you and your loved ones with healthcare to cheeky 'just because' gifts, we're here for you.
We've got a ton of good stuff for everyone - like private medical insurance, a health cash plan, an electric vehicle scheme, mental health platform access, cycle to work scheme, and a 20% discount on our website. To find out more about what we offer, have a look here.
We've got a ton of good stuff for everyone - like private medical insurance, a health cash plan, an electric vehicle scheme, mental health platform access, cycle to work scheme, and a 20% discount on our website. To find out more about what we offer, have a look here.
We've also worked very hard to come up with a set of policies to support our people in any situation- like medicalised leave, menstrual leave, and primary carer leave.
Full-time NOTHS-ers get 25 days of holidays each year (plus bank hols!), as well as having the opportunity to work from anywhere for two calendar months a year. Did someone say beach holiday?
How we work
Here at NOTHS, we embrace a remote-first approach to work, recognising the value of flexibility and the diverse talents that remote teams bring to the table. Our remote work culture is designed to empower our employees, foster collaboration, and create a community that transcends physical boundaries.
Under this framework, all of us operate remotely, convening as teams at regular intervals that suit each team best. These gatherings serve various purposes, including ideation sessions, hackathons, or simply fostering valuable face-to-face interactions.
Every quarter, we hold a Get Together and the whole company meets for a fun-filled day (with no shortage of food!) with some special guests... our small brand Partners!
Under this framework, all of us operate remotely, convening as teams at regular intervals that suit each team best. These gatherings serve various purposes, including ideation sessions, hackathons, or simply fostering valuable face-to-face interactions.
Every quarter, we hold a Get Together and the whole company meets for a fun-filled day (with no shortage of food!) with some special guests... our small brand Partners!
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
DEI is really important to us and that’s why everyone’s welcome at Not On The High Street – whoever they are, whatever their background.
We are committed to embracing and encouraging our employees’ uniquenesses- whether this is in age, people with disabilities, ethnicity, family structures, gender, LGBTQ+ identity, lower income backgrounds, race, religion, the intersectionality or all/any of these and other aspects making us who we are. We take pride in treating all of our employees fairly and we want our people to feel respected, valued and recognised within the workplace.
We are committed to embracing and encouraging our employees’ uniquenesses- whether this is in age, people with disabilities, ethnicity, family structures, gender, LGBTQ+ identity, lower income backgrounds, race, religion, the intersectionality or all/any of these and other aspects making us who we are. We take pride in treating all of our employees fairly and we want our people to feel respected, valued and recognised within the workplace.
As part of your application, you’ll be asked to complete an optional demographic survey to help us learn more about who wants to work with us. Responses will only be used to help us figure out how to make our team even more inclusive and attract more brilliant people to join us!
We'll also ask whether you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to the interview process should you need them and you can answer this question should you choose to in the application phase.
We'll also ask whether you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to the interview process should you need them and you can answer this question should you choose to in the application phase.
Apply to join Team NOTHS!
Our recruitment processes are fully remote, taking advantage of the wonders of modern-day technology.
We’d love to hear more about you, your experience and why you want to join our team.
Good luck!
About Not On The High Street
We are Not On The High Street
We're here to help customers discover amazing products for all of life's needs; whether they're looking for a gift or something for themselves. We provide small brands across the UK with an engaged customer base, expert business support and ready-made tech and data infrastructure.
We’re home to 5,000+ phenomenal small creative brands that we are proud to call our Partners. So we’re doing all we can to shine a light on these dynamic entrepreneurs, waving the flag for small businesses and generally championing their socks off.
We are looking to build on this momentum to drive our business to the next level. And that’s where you come in.
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