Platform Engineer
Posted Today by Jobserve
£500 Per day
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Platform Engineer role involves working within Squad A to develop and maintain the integration layer connecting BSS/OSS systems, transitioning from vendor-managed to in-house engineering capabilities. The position requires hands-on experience in integration or API development, with a focus on delivering impactful solutions from the outset. The role is fully remote and is expected to last for six months. Candidates should possess a strong foundation in REST APIs and integration concepts, along with experience in scripting or development languages.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Senior Platform Engineer to deliver and maintain the integration layer for BSS/OSS systems.
- Build and maintain integrations connecting Salesforce Communications Cloud to various systems, ensuring seamless customer connectivity.
Key Skills:
- Minimum 18 months of hands-on integration or API development experience.
- Solid understanding of REST API fundamentals and practical experience with APIs.
- Exposure to integration concepts, data transformation, and error management.
- Working experience with at least one scripting or development language (Python, JavaScript, Java, C#, or equivalent).
- Source control experience with Git and team development workflows.
- Awareness of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment practices.
- Desirable: Exposure to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and Salesforce APIs.
- Desirable: MuleSoft Certified Developer certification.
Salary (Rate): £500/day
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Platform Engineer - Outside IR35 - Remote - 6 months
- You will be an integral member of Squad A, working alongside the Senior Platform Engineer to deliver and maintain the integration layer that connects BSS/OSS systems. Mid-transformation - moving from vendor-managed, outsourced integration to a fully in-house engineering capability - and your contributions will matter from day one.
- The integrations you build and maintain are what connect Salesforce Communications Cloud to billing systems, provisioning pipelines, the NetAdmin network configuration platform, and ultimately to the customers getting connected across the UK.
Must Have Skills
Experience
- Minimum 18 months of hands-on integration or API development experience in a professional delivery environment - working on real platform implementations with production consequence, not solely academic or training exercises
- Solid REST API fundamentals - HTTP methods, status codes, JSON/XML payload structures - with practical experience consuming or publishing APIs in a professional context
- Exposure to integration concepts in practice - connecting disparate systems, handling data transformation between formats, managing errors and retries in integration flows
- Working experience with at least one Scripting or development language (Python, JavaScript, Java, C#, or equivalent) used to build or support integration or automation work
- Source control experience - Git, branching, pull requests, and working within a team development workflow
- Awareness of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment practices - sufficient to operate within a structured DevOps delivery model
Desirable Skills
- Demonstrable exposure to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Anypoint Studio, and the standard connector catalogue (HTTP, SFTP, Database, Salesforce) - with the ability to configure and troubleshoot integration flows from a specification
- DataWeave 2.0 awareness and growing proficiency - able to write and interpret basic-to-intermediate transformation logic for JSON and XML payloads
- Salesforce connector experience or familiarity with Salesforce APIs
- Exposure to RAML or OpenAPI Specification for API contract documentation
- Telecoms, ISP, or BSS/OSS platform awareness
- MuleSoft Certified Developer (Associate or Professional level)
- Exposure to event-driven patterns - Webhooks, message queuing, async integration
- Contract Length: 6 months
- Day Rate: £500/day (Outside IR35)
- Mode: Fully Remote
- Start: ASAP