Platform Engineer - Database Platform - Python

Requirements

• 2+ years of Platform Engineering experience (not software-only)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)
• Python development skills (or similar)
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles - writing secure, testable, maintainable code
• Proficiency with Cloud APIs and DevOps tooling (Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, Teleport)
• Clear communicator who collaborates well across teams

Nice to Haves

• Practical experience with distributed databases at scale (YugabyteDB preferred, or CockroachDB/TiDB/Cloud Spanner)
• Experience or strong interest in implementing migration patterns (CDC/logical replication, verification and rollback) and automation for provisioning, backups and upgrades
• Experience building Database-as-a-Service platforms or internal developer tooling
• (Optional) Some front-end development experience

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build, and evolve our internal cloud-based database platform
• Contribute to the design, validation and rollout of YugabyteDB-based platform components (PoC → pilot → production) in collaboration with senior engineers
• Implement automation for provisioning, upgrades, backups and routine operations for Yugabyte clusters
• Help embed security and compliance controls (encryption, auth, RBAC, network controls) into Yugabyte platform components
• Collaborate with product teams, SREs and DBAs to apply platform guardrails for services adopting Yugabyte

Perks and Benefits

• Starting salary: £68000-£87500 + RSUs
• Wise Benefits