Senior Platform Engineer - Analytics
July 17
🔄 Hybrid – London
Description
• Participating in the design and review of platform architecture and design documents. • Working in cross-functional teams that are creating and launching new services. • Working closely with partners or suppliers to consult on integrations and more complex systems. • Working with product managers and other stakeholders to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and develop and implement solutions. • Supporting your colleagues with pairing, peer reviews, coaching, discussion, and other collaborative activities that help everyone reach high standards and result in the delivery of high-quality software products. • Engaging in collaborative sessions towards refining requirements, formulating architectural proposals in support of upcoming initiatives. • Participating in reflective sessions such as retrospectives or incident post-mortems and offering suggestions on how we can improve and help to drive change. • Participating in support rotations that monitor live systems and quickly and effectively reacting to potential incidents and providing support to operations teams such as customer support. This could include being part of an out of hours on-call rotation.
Requirements
• Proficiency in cloud DevOps/platform engineering practices. Azure experience strongly preferred; experience with an additional cloud preferred (AWS or GCP) • Demonstrable experience coding in Python to production standards • Experience in building/deploying tools related to data pipelines, ETL processes • Confident with cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes and Docker • Experience designing, supporting, and troubleshooting production systems at scale • Experience working with software engineering best practices, including unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, and excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills • Experience implementing continuous integration/deployment tools and practices • Experience of working in an agile methodology, accustomed to code reviews and pairing • Ability to adapt, change, and grow quickly as we scale the organization • Excellent communicator in person, in writing, when presenting, when creating diagrams, specifications, and documentation • Experience working closely with analysts and scientists on design principles and best practices • Excellent understanding of database concepts, modeling, SQL, and query optimization
Benefits
• Generous company pension package with employer contributions of up to 12% • 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays.) • Individual development budget • Flexible and remote working arrangements and a lovely new office in Holborn, Central London.
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