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Principal Platform Engineer

Leeds💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Building and operating digital and data products within complex client environments and multi-team projects, acting as a trusted advisor on technology strategy and roadmap.

Role type

Principal Platform Engineer (DevOps)

Builds

Digital and data products, CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration environments, and infrastructure-as-code solutions.

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and consulting services.

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration, CI/CD pipeline design, cloud platform management, observability strategy, security compliance, data storage architecture, cryptography application, technical mentoring, architectural framework design.

Preferred skills

Progressive infrastructure management, SLO and error budget establishment, multi-component system observability, senior stakeholder influence.

Technologies

Terraform, FLUX, Kyverno, Istio, Github Actions, Prometheus, OTEL, AWS, Docker, K8s, EKS.

Responsibilities

Providing architectural framework and solution design, coaching and reviewing code, upskilling software engineers, consulting on client technology strategy, aligning teams on processes and tooling, establishing engineering practices for continuous delivery.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence and mentorship.

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