Platform Engineer
Posted Today by Michael Page
£650 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Stockport, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Platform Engineer involves joining a fast-growing software house near Stockport, focusing on enhancing their platform infrastructure to support multiple product teams. This position emphasizes ownership and impact, allowing the engineer to design and build scalable, cloud-based solutions while improving developer experience through automation. The company values clean engineering practices and offers a collaborative environment. The role is contract-based, with a strong emphasis on technical excellence and innovation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Designing and building scalable, cloud-based platform infrastructure.
- Improving developer experience through automation, tooling, and self-service.
- Building and refining CI/CD pipelines used across the business.
- Working closely with software engineers and stakeholders to solve real problems.
- Embedding best practices around Infrastructure as Code, security, and observability.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer.
- Strong cloud experience, preferably in a multi-cloud environment (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP).
- Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, etc.).
- Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- CI/CD experience with modern tooling.
- Comfortable joining a growing team and adding value quickly.
Salary (Rate): £650.00/daily
City: Stockport
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We're working with a fast-growing software house near the Stockport region that's investing heavily in its engineering capability - and they're looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to help take their platform to the next level. This isn't a "keep the lights on" contract. It's a chance to come in, make your mark, and help shape a modern platform that supports multiple product teams as the business scales.
Client Details
The organisation operates within the software space, and is recognised for its commitment to technical excellence. As a medium-sized company, they focus on leveraging technology to deliver innovative solutions. With a main headquarters near Stockport, they offer a great culture of flexible and hybrid working.
Description
As the Platform Engineer, you'll be joining a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering environment where platform is seen as an enabler, not an afterthought. The company values clean engineering, automation, and giving developers the tools they need to do their best work.
In this role, you'll be:
- Designing and building scalable, cloud-based platform infrastructure.
- Improving developer experience through automation, tooling, and self-service.
- Building and refining CI/CD pipelines used across the business.
- Working closely with software engineers and stakeholders to solve real problems.
- Embedding best practices around Infrastructure as Code, security, and observability.
Profile
We're keen to speak with Platform Engineer contractors who enjoy ownership and impact. You will have a strong interim background, and:
- Proven experience as a Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer.
- Strong cloud experience, preferably in a multi-cloud environment (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP).
- Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, etc.)
- Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- CI/CD experience with modern tooling.
- Comfortable joining a growing team and adding value quickly.
Job Offer
£550 - £650 per day. Outside IR35. 6 month+ duration. Hybrid working flexibility.