Senior Platform Engineer

Ready for a challenge?Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.About this roleYou’ll be working within our Intelligence Platform Core team, responsible for underlying platform infrastructure across our new Data & ML Platforms within JET. Within the past year we’ve built new Data & ML Platforms on AWS and the Intelligence Platform Core team sits at the heart of both of them, creating self service experiences for running data and ML workflows without exposing the underlying complexity of Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure. We aim to provide a scalable, reliable and seamless platform experience for our users. You’ll be the second full time engineer within this team, joining with the opportunity to shape our Platform vision and team culture as we grow and expand. The platform team also works closely with our Data and ML Platform teams on an advisory basis, providing best practises and advice where needed.These are some of the key components to the position:  You will contribute to both the design and implementation of the platform:Collaborate on the design and implementation of platform capabilities using Kubernetes-native patterns and event-driven architectures.Drive the adoption of platform engineering principles, building reusable abstractions and self-service workflows for internal users.Design and implement Kubernetes controllers/operators in Go to automate infrastructure and application lifecycle management.Mentor engineers and contribute to growing platform engineering practices across our pillar in the Data and ML Platform teams.Collaborate across teams to align on platform interfaces, abstractions, and shared infrastructure patterns.Support the hiring of new engineers as we expand the team, setting the bar on quality of code and collaboration. What will you bring to the team? You have strong experience building cloud-native platforms on AWS, GCP, or Azure, with a deep understanding and hands on experience of Kubernetes.You are proficient in Go, particularly for building backend services, CLIs, or Kubernetes controllers/operators.You are experienced with GitOps and CI/CD systems, and understand how to build reliable, automated delivery pipelines.You understand distributed systems and have experience designing scalable, resilient architectures.You have experience building self-service platforms or internal developer platforms (IDPs).You care deeply about developer experience, usability, and reducing cognitive load through good abstractions.You communicate clearly and enjoy collaborating across teams to drive platform adoption.Nice to have…Experience with data technologies and processes, such as streaming and batch processes and large data storage systems.  At JET, this is how we play Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment. Being the best at what we do isn’t just about delivering on our strategy. It's a competition for something incredibly valuable – our customers' choice. Every time a customer decides where to order, they're picking a side. At the heart of the JET Customer League are our values and behaviours. They guide every interaction, every decision, every innovation. These are the actions we need to perform consistently and brilliantly, to surpass the competition and earn our customers’ loyalty, again and again.  Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth, helping one another to succeed and celebrating wins. By truly living our values and embodying our behaviours, we’re building a customer-first culture which enables us to stay one step ahead of the competition.Inclusion, Diversity & BelongingNo matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day. What else are we delivering?Want to know more about our JETers, culture or company? Have a look at our career site where you can find people's stories, blogs, podcasts and more JET journeys.Are you ready to join the team? Apply now!Recruiter LinkedIN tag: #LI-AO1