Staff Platform Engineer - Tempcover
Description For Staff Platform Engineer - Tempcover
RVU is seeking a Staff Platform Engineer for Tempcover, a leading short-term insurance provider. The role involves working on a greenfield project to rebuild cloud infrastructure, moving from Azure to AWS. You'll be part of an agile team providing services and tools to internal engineering teams, driving change, mentoring other engineers, and shaping the technical direction of platform engineering at Tempcover. Key responsibilities include introducing new technologies, supporting existing platforms, and playing a crucial role in modernizing systems for the next generation of technology. The ideal candidate should have experience in automation, CI/CD, DevOps, secure environments, API gateways, high-load consumer-facing websites, and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. Strong leadership, mentoring, and problem-solving skills are essential. RVU offers a competitive benefits package, including bonuses, hybrid working, pension contributions, private medical cover, and various allowances for personal and professional development.
Responsibilities For Staff Platform Engineer - Tempcover
- Work as part of an agile team providing services and tools to internal engineering teams
- Suggest and drive change across the engineering team
- Challenge and improve existing practices and systems
- Mentor and coach other engineers
- Introduce new technologies and approaches
- Shape the technical direction of platform engineering at Tempcover
- Provide support and maintenance of existing platforms
- Help drive and shape a greenfield project to rebuild cloud infrastructure (moving from Azure to AWS)
Requirements For Staff Platform Engineer - Tempcover
- Experience in automation using an IaC approach
- CI/CD experience
- DevOps and continuous improvement
- Experience in developing or architecting secure environments and pipelines
- Knowledge of API Gateways, DNS, and load-balancing for microservice architecture (preferably using CloudFlare)
- Experience operating high-load consumer-facing websites
- Site reliability engineering experience
- Knowledge of IaaS and PaaS platforms
- Understanding of cloud provider design principles (AWS and Azure Well-Architected frameworks)
- Scripting and programming skills (Go and C# preferred)
- Data-driven decision making
- Experience in implementing platform engineering approaches
- Willingness to learn and stay updated with technology trends
- Experience working in cross-functional agile teams
- Leadership and mentoring experience
Benefits For Staff Platform Engineer - Tempcover
- 10% discretionary yearly bonus
- Yearly pay reviews
- Hybrid working approach (2 in-office days per week)
- Up to 4 weeks per year to 'work from anywhere'
- Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%
- £300 'Work from Home' budget
- Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave policy
- 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days 'My Time' per year
- Private medical cover
- Critical illness cover
- Dental plans
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discounts programme
- Learning and training budget
- Electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes
- Choice of Mac or Windows technology
- Free access to Calm and Peppy app for physical and mental health
- Regular team and company-wide events
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