Platform Engineer

Hybrid

Manchester, United Kingdom

£ 115,000 / year

Full Time

07-04-2025

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Job Specifications

Platform Engineer – AI Tech Start-Up – Remote First (1 Day/Month in Manchester)

We’re a fast-growing AI tech startup on a mission to build cutting-edge solutions that harness the power of artificial intelligence. We're looking for a Platform Engineer to help us scale our infrastructure and support the growth of our platform from the ground up.

What you’ll do:
Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable infrastructure on AWS
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CDK/etc.)
Set up and optimize CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling
Work closely with engineering and data science teams to enable smooth delivery

What we're looking for:
Proven experience with AWS and infrastructure engineering
Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture and best practices
Experience with IaC, containers (Docker), and CI/CD tools
Startup mentality: proactive, adaptable, and collaborative

What we offer:
Fully remote with just 1 day per month in our Manchester office
A chance to shape the platform and infrastructure from an early stage
Work alongside a passionate, mission-driven team

About the Company

The Explore Group has been helping companies recruit top talent in the ever-evolving world of technology since 2005. We’ve adapted alongside the changing IT market to become increasingly specialist enabling us to support our customers on their journey through the new digital economy. Our niche divisions of Open Source, Cloud, DevOps, Mobile, Digital Marketing and Technology now provide both candidates and clients with the knowledge, market insight and advice that they need to build great teams now and for the future. T... Know more

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