Remote Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Kooth as a Platform Engineer and work remotely to maintain and improve Kooth's cloud infrastructure and tooling.

Requirements

• Significant and recent experience with AWS or GCP
• Experience with observability tools for metrics, log aggregation and request tracing
• Ability to devise telemetry data that is correlated with actual customer outcomes
• In–depth understanding of Terraform
• Working knowledge of Javascript and Node.js
• Passion for helping teams to deliver reliable and observable software
• Database technologies such as PostgreSQL, Google Datastore, BigQuery
• An understanding of modern cloud architecture patterns
• Focus on pragmatic delivery, able to take ownership and initiative to balance constraints
• Strong communication skills, builds great colleague relationships across disciplines

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing and maintaining cloud infrastructure across Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services, using Terraform and good Infrastructure-as-Code practices
• Developing and maintaining tools and shared libraries to maximise reliability and observability of the software and services we run, using Node.js as the primary language
• Supporting software engineers with tasks and investigations involving infrastructure and during incidents
• Advise and consult with other squads on cloud infrastructure and reliability matters to help them maximise their impact
• Uphold and implement compliance and security best practices
• Leveraging best practices in continuous integration and delivery to drive an experimentation-based learning culture and iterate on product objectives
• Collaborating across disciplines to build effective working relationships, solve challenging problems for our users, and drive positive business outcomes
• Working with engineering leadership to create an empowered, ambitious and diverse engineering culture with a strong care for craft
• Participating in an off-hours on-call rotation to support the ongoing reliable operation of our systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within an event-sourcing architecture
• Experience with rapid application development techniques such as trunk-based development, automated testing at all levels and infrastructure-as-code
• Experience with messaging technologies like Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Web application development experience using React

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: Dependant on experience, up to £70,000
• Generous Annual Leave: Enjoy 28 days of annual leave, in addition to public holidays
• Professional Development: Benefit from our yearly professional training programmes
• Financial Security: Secure your financial future with our pension contributions and annual company share option awards
• Health and Well-being: Prioritize your health and well-being with our comprehensive AXA plan and access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Life Assurance: Gain peace of mind knowing that you're covered with life assurance, providing up to four times your annual salary to your loved ones in the unfortunate event of your passing
• Flexible Working: Embrace the flexibility of remote working, allowing you to create a work-life balance that suits your needs and maximizes your productivity
• Lifestyle Benefits: Take advantage of our Incapacity Income Protection to safeguard your financial stability in case of unforeseen circumstances