637056 Platform Engineer

Role: Senior Azure DevOps Engineer (Kafka)Location: Remote (UK) Salary: £75k + 10% Bonus Key Skills:AzureTerraformKubernetesKafkaData platforms OverviewWe're partnering with a fast-growing SaaS organisation building a modern, data-driven platform that powers better insight into behaviour, performance, and collaboration at scale.They're scaling their platform capability and are now looking for a Platform Engineer to help design, build, and evolve their cloud and data infrastructure.This is a hands-on role spanning cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and data platform engineering. The RoleYou'll work across Azure cloud infrastructure and data platforms, helping to build scalable, secure systems and improve how data flows across the organisation.You'll also play a key role in improving deployment processes, system reliability, and overall platform performance, working closely with software and data teams. Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and manage scalable Azure cloud infrastructureOwn Infrastructure as Code using TerraformBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (essential)Support GitHub-based release and deployment workflowsWork with Kafka for event-driven streaming and real-time data movementSupport and evolve data platforms (Databricks ideal)Build and maintain data pipelines (batch + streaming / ETL / ELT)Improve platform reliability, observability, and performanceCollaborate with engineering teams to improve developer experience RequirementsStrong Azure cloud experienceBackground in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SREStrong experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD (essential)Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform experienceStrong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)Experience with Kafka or similar streaming platformsExperience with Databricks or modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Synapse, BigQuery)Strong understanding of data pipelines and distributed systemsFocus on automation, scalability, and reliability Nice to HaveLakehouse or large-scale data platform experienceObservability tooling (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus)SaaS / high-growth product experienceStrong developer experience mindset