3218 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Requirements
Must:
- Expert level knowledge of Kubernetes and related tooling
- Strong software engineering foundation, particularly in cloud technologies
- Experience designing and reasoning about secure and scalable systems
- Practical understanding of Continuous Delivery pipelines
- Proven leadership in software engineering teams (globally distributed preferred)
- Product ownership experience and confident customer engagement
- Familiarity with Extreme Programming practices, including pair programming
- Agile delivery mindset with practical Kanban experience
- Ability to solve issues across the stack using structured root cause analysis
- Strong collaborative and transparent approach to team knowledge-sharing
Experience across these areas would be beneficial:
- In-depth AWS EKS operation and management experience
- Hands-on involvement in building or managing an Internal Developer Platform
- Visible contributions to the cloud native community (open source, speaking engagements)
- Solid experience with Python and Golang pull requests, paired with strong object-oriented programming skills
- Leadership of globally distributed engineering teams
Responsibilities
- Leading and evolving our internal developer platform, delivering automated, secure, and commercially viable self-service capabilities
- Owning the roadmap, embedding customer feedback and data-driven metrics (like DORA) to improve user experience and outcomes
- Driving technical architecture decisions to ensure security, scalability, and resiliency consistency across the platform
- Collaborating across engineering, product, and infrastructure teams to build awareness and optimise platform usage
- Participating in technical deep dives and design reviews to maintain top-tier engineering standards
- Supporting and developing a strong global engineering team culture, encouraging ownership and continuous learning
- Advocating for and influencing adoption of modern engineering practices, creating a culture of improvement through regular feedback
- Embedding operational readiness and automating compliance through policy-as-code
Description
We are looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to take a key role in designing, building, and expanding a cutting-edge internal platform on AWS EKS in London with hybrid working (3 days on-site). This unique opportunity allows you to influence the architectural direction and drive the vision behind a platform that underpins our entire engineering ecosystem. You will lead a globally distributed engineering team to deliver secure, resilient, and highly scalable developer capabilities, fostering a culture of growth and continuous improvement.
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How many DevOps jobs are in the UK?
Currently, there are 3218 DevOps openings. Check also: Cloud jobs, AWS jobs, Azure jobs, GCP jobs, Kubernetes jobs, Docker jobs, Terraform jobs - all with salary brackets.
Is the UK a good place for DevOps?
The UK is one of the best countries to work as a DevOps. It has a vibrant startup community, growing tech hubs and, most important: lots of interesting jobs for people who work in tech.
Which companies are hiring for DevOps jobs in the UK?
Luware UK Ltd., SwapTix, Arctic Shores, Bluefruit Software Limited, FCDO Services, MOD - Defence Digital, Counter Terrorism Policing among others, are currently hiring for DevOps roles in the UK.
The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 103 different DevOps jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good DevOps.
The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 103 different DevOps jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good DevOps.