Senior Platform Engineer
October 31
Description
• A little bit about us… • The world’s leading student loyalty network and accredited ‘Great Place To Work’, • Pion produces award-winning technology for the biggest retailers on the planet, connecting them with the youth market. Featured in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 2020, a list of the fastest-growing private tech companies in Britain, we’re always innovating to offer new solutions that satisfy our consumers, drive ROI for our clients and create an empowering workplace for our employees. • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Pion • Because this part deserves a place at the top of the job ad… Here at Pion, we’re working hard to grow an inclusive, diverse and respectful group of people we’re proud of. Accountability plays a big role in our company values, and we’re totally honest, open and transparent about our ED&I efforts. This is why we’ve made our commitments and internal statistics visible for everyone to see here. Our ever-evolving culture is defined by our people, and it’s all part of #LifeAtPion. • Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet 60% of the requirements, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply when they tick every box. We don’t think you should have to tick every box. We value your uniqueness, and it goes without saying that all applications are welcome, even if you don’t think you fit the criteria. • If you need any adjustments to support you with your application, just drop us an email at talent@studentbeans.com. • About the role • As a result of our incredible success and growth, we are looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join our Engineering team. • This is a unique and exciting opportunity to play a crucial role by looking for areas of continuous improvement, whilst rolling out exciting project work to advance our application. The right candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, is pro-active, analytical and not afraid to speak up with new ideas! • Responsibilities include: • Looking after the platform and ensuring that it doesn’t fall into technical debt • Working with our development team to onboard applications to the platform • Creating new features for the platform to help the development team • Building out and designing a brand new deployment process for developers • Working with application monitoring and logging tools
Requirements
• Experience in a Platform Engineer, SRE or Infrastructure Engineer role • Strong experience in leading on project work • Experience within AWS • Experience with Kubernetes • Have worked with application monitoring and logging tools (Grafana/Prometheus/Loki). • Are a great team player, clear communicator and keen to learn new tech on the job!
Benefits
• Competitive salary. • Unlimited holiday. We strongly believe in a healthy work life balance, so we don’t cap the number of paid time off days you take. By doing this, we hope to help promote a sustainable way to work while maintaining your health and wellbeing. • Accredited 'Great Place To Work’ company in three categories • Remote first working environment, meaning you’re not obligated to come into the office, you can choose the environment you think you excel best in. • Flexi-time, including Flexi Friday which gives you the opportunity to finish at 1.30pm. • Focus on welfare, including gym memberships, wellness challenges, mental health first aider and health cash plan. • Incredible partnership discounts for the biggest brands in the world. Google, Apple, Ted Baker, GymShark, Domino's and Uber to name a few! • Commitment to personal development and career growth. Think learning budgets, coaching workshops and progression plans. • £200 work from home set up allowance to put towards your home office.
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