Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Department: DevOpsEmployment Type: Full TimeLocation: LondonReporting To: Software Engineering Manager DescriptionHey!
We're Pod Point, and we're on a mission to make living with an electric car easy and affordable for everyone. Because let's face it, driving shouldn’t cost the Earth, right? As the leading provider of electric vehicle charging solutions across the UK, we're all about technology and our users, powering everything from consumer apps for EV charging to robust e-commerce platforms for customers and partners. With cutting-edge back-office systems and a powerful big data pipeline, we're redefining the EV charging experience through top-notch software.
Pod Point isn't just evolving; it's Powering Up. This isn't your typical business shift – it's focused on boosting efficiencies, dominating core markets, leveraging our skills, experience and leading position in the UK to expand into Europe. Want to come along for the ride?
Our ways of working: At Pod Point, we're all about flexibility, innovation, and community. We support various ways of working, including predominantly remote, office-based, or a mix of both worlds. We highly value in-person interactions and we encourage teams to gather regularly at least once a quarter. Due to this, the successful applicant should be in or within a reasonably commutable distance to London, so you can really get plugged in to the Pod Point experience.
Join the EVolution:
Your main gig? Managing 50+ Aurora Clusters, optimizing data storage and overseeing computing infrastructure with 150+ Lambdas and 100+ Fargate Services for scalability and streamlined monitoring. You'll handle 100 Terraform workspaces, supporting software teams to enhance platform understanding and improve visibility, security, scalability and reliability. Equipped with tools from Control Tower to CloudWatch, you’ll automate processes with EventBridge, Step Functions and more to elevate our systems.
You'll collaborate closely with a Tech Lead, experienced Cloud Platform Engineers, Agile Delivery Manager and Software Engineering Manager – all dedicated to fostering engineering excellence and guiding your career growth.You will be part of the team responsible for:
Creating and maintaining modules for the configuration of our AWS services - of which we use many, from Aurora RDS to Elasticsearch, from containers with ECS Fargate to Serverless with Lambdas, Step Functions, API Gateway, SQS - to name a few
Designing, building, and maintaining the Cloud Platform for our software products
Advise and support our development teams on their day-to-day tasks
Maintenance and optimisation of CI/CD pipelines and other automation processes, in GitHub Actions and AWS Code Pipeline.
Working to the latest quality & security standards, and following appropriate best practices
Facilitating upskilling, by mentoring and coaching colleagues, sharing know how and promoting best practices
Contributing to the definition of tasks, considering business goals, teams skill sets, and the community best practices
Identifying improvement opportunities and build a story, justifying their value based on business goals and other requirements
Electrify us with your skills: The role would be best suited to somebody who:
Has excellent familiarity with AWS and certification at least Associate level.
Loves writing and maintaining IaC configuration and modules (Terraform).
Follows the latest DevOps principles and best practices.
Capable of designing scalable and resilient systems and reviewing existing ones
Understands data structures and data warehousing
Experienced in identifying security concerns and providing alternative solutions.
Proficient in scripting for the Cloud, CI/CD, and automation tools (YAML, Python, Java/TypeScript, etc.)
Experienced with containerization.
Experienced with serverless architecture.
Enjoys working in a team, including code reviews, pair and mob programming exercises and providing constructive feedback.
Takes a pragmatic approach to problem-solving, considering best practices and business goals
Applies software engineering best practices and processes, from architecture to planning and development
Familiar with SDLC and agile methodologies
GCP experience and certification is desirable.
We use AWS Cloud and (to a limited degree) GCP - experience with the following services is desirable: Control Tower, AWS IAM and STS, Amazon VPC, Aurora RDS, ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, WAF, Step Functions, Event Bridge.
Perks that spark joy:
Salary Sacrifice EV Scheme & free Pod Point
25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
Very generous parental leave
Pension scheme with a 4.5% matched contribution
Eyecare scheme
Life insurance covering up to 4x your annual salary
Virtual GP provided by HealthHero
Employee Assistance Program
Bring all yourself to work:
There’s no-one else like you. No-one with the exact same mix of strengths, skills and thoughts. We’re all brilliant individuals, and we wholeheartedly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We’re looking for the potential to grow and a passion for our mission, not perfection. So, if you’re interested in the role but don’t have every skill listed above, we’d encourage you to apply.We're proud to be a Disability Confident Level 1 employer. We understand that everyone has their own way of working, so if you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, just give our Talent Acquisition team a shout. They'll have your back and support you every step of the way.Just a little heads-up, though – to join our team, you must have the legal right to work in the UK. And don't worry, we've got your privacy covered too. Any information you share with us will be stored and handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice.Now, if you're ready to charge up your career and be part of our electrifying team, hit that apply button and let's make a difference together!
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