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Open nowPosted 34 days ago

Platform Engineer

UNiDAYS19 open roles

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Nottingham, United Kingdom
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As a key member of our Platform team, this role presents an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that’s taking platform strategy, cloud automation and developer experience to the next level within UNiDAYS.You will be working closely alongside our software engineering teams to understand first-hand where improvements can be driven to get a better developer experience and improve the productivity of our engineers. With a hands-on approach, you will identify and drive improvements in our systems' performance, reliability, scalability, security, and efficiency.

Our platform team also works to remove barriers for other teams and allow them to deliver faster, accomplished via shared tooling. We are also championing operational excellence throughout the business, focusing on automation and self-serving capabilities.

It’s more than just lines of code; we are looking for a commercially-minded Platform Engineer who can bridge the gap between user needs and business goals. You will have the ability to build resilient, cost-effective solutions and navigate evolving technological development trends

We’re aware that everybody is different and comes with differing experiences. If you don’t have all the skills/experience on our list but are keen to learn, please reach out as we are still keen to talk to you.

  • Build, test, and implement cloud services via IaC
  • Work closely with software engineers to understand where platform engineers can add value as well as assist and upskill on their cloud needs
  • Identify new technologies & drive improvements across our platform, shared tooling, modules, & packages
  • Strive to create new/improve existing self-serving capabilities for software teams
  • Monitor platform performance and identify areas for improvement with an SRE mindset for SLIs and SLOs
  • Work to define, improve, implement and document best practices continually
  • Participate in on-call one week per month (typically 1 call a fortnight with a simple runbook in place to execute)

Skills/Experience

  • Strong cloud knowledge including hands-on experience in a wide range of AWS cloud services
  • Strong IaC background (Cloudformation & Terraform preferred), application deployment strategies & cloud architectural patterns
  • ECS/EKS experience with clusters across several environments
  • Working knowledge of security, networking, CDN, load balancing, and storage solutions
  • Good understanding of CI/CD practices across multiple environments
  • Development experience, with an ability or aptitude to work within our core languages (C#, python, TypeScript)

Nice to have

  • AWS/Terraform certification
  • Database administration experience (MSSQL, RDS, DynamoDB, Neptune, Redshift)
  • Background of mentoring, training, or knowledge sharing with other engineers
  • Knowledge of containerisation
  • Operational experience in resolving incidents, incident management and conducting RCAs

Personal

  • Confident & able to communicate freely with colleagues
  • Strong team working skills
  • Critical thinker & problem solver with a passion for continuous improvement
  • Able to influence others
  • Can give/receive constructive feedback
  • Awareness of your strengths/weaknesses and interest in self-development
  • Be able to challenge and be challenged
  • Taking pride in your work to deliver to a high standard
  • Proactive about taking ownership
  • Build, test, and implement cloud services via IaC
  • Work closely with software engineers to understand where platform engineers can add value as well as assist and upskill on their cloud needs
  • Identify new technologies & drive improvements across our platform, shared tooling, modules, & packages
  • Strive to create new/improve existing self-serving capabilities for software teams
  • Monitor platform performance and identify areas for improvement with an SRE mindset for SLIs and SLOs
  • Work to define, improve, implement and document best practices continually
  • Participate in on-call one week per month (typically 1 call a fortnight with a simple runbook in place to execute)

Job benefits

This is your opportunity to Join the world’s largest student verification network and help shape the future of how brands connect with the next generation. We engage a community of 23M+ verified students and graduates across 115 markets, making us a truly global platform. Our brand is a powerhouse in the UK, and we’re rapidly accelerating our presence worldwide—especially in the US, Germany, India, France, Canada, and Australia.

We partner with 850+ of the world’s biggest brands, bringing their products and services to the hearts and minds of tomorrow’s professionals—driving engagement, building affinity, and delivering real results.

We offer a fast-paced, fun, and social working environment where you can truly make an impact. We believe work should enhance and complement your life, which is why we provide a hybrid working model. You will work together in person a minimum of 2 days per week and work from home for up to 3 days a week.

We work hard at UNiDAYS, and we believe in fair compensation for that hard work. That’s why we’re proud to offer all employees full access to our comprehensive benefits package.

Our perks include: 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus bank holidays Competitive salaries 4pm finishes every Friday Company pension scheme Private health insurance (BUPA) Dental Insurance (BUPA) Income protection policy Life assurance policy Employee Assistance Program Enhanced parental leave pay Regular team building activities £150 pounds towards your home office set up We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.

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