Senior Platform Engineer, Genio
£70-76k
+ EMI Share Options Scheme
More information about location
Learning tools boosting knowledge, skills and confidence
Open for applications
Learning tools boosting knowledge, skills and confidence
101-200 employees
Open for applications
£70-76k
+ EMI Share Options Scheme
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To unlock better learning for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Systems design and judgement: Takes an ambiguous problem, defines options, makes trade-offs explicit, and writes clear design documents
- Programming Skills: Strong experience in scripting and programming with Python and/or Bash for automation and tooling
- Infrastructure as Code: Proficient with Terraform for infrastructure automation
- Cloud Platforms: Strong experience with AWS or Google Cloud
- Kubernetes in production: Experience operating, upgrading, networking, and debugging Kubernetes clusters under load
- Reliability Engineering & Security: Proven ownership of production service reliability (defining SLIs, incident response) and implementing security practices (access control, secrets management, patching, backup/recovery)
Desirable
- AI-Assisted Development: Comfortable and proficient with AI development tools as part of everyday engineering
- Cost Awareness: Understanding of infrastructure costs and the ability to build cases for spending changes
- Collaboration & Adaptability: Ability to mentor others, foster trust, make pragmatic technology choices, and communicate with "passionate views, loosely held"
What the job involves
- As a Senior Platform Engineer, you help set the strategy for Genio's infrastructure end-to-end — from design through to running it in production. You work with squads on feature work to advise/set direction, and ensure reliability, security, and cost efficiency
- You drive the design and implementation of best-practice cloud infrastructure, automation frameworks, and tooling that enable scalability, reliability, and efficiency for engineering teams in both business units. Working closely with engineers, testers, and data colleagues, you lead initiatives to enhance platform capabilities, optimise performance, and champion DevOps principles
- Evolving Genio's cloud infrastructure: Architect and optimise cloud infrastructure to ensure scalability, security, and resilience. Shape long-term infrastructure strategy and apply Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD best practices
- Maintaining and improving observability of Genio's applications: Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing capabilities. Champion the adoption of SLOs, SLAs, and SLIs
- Leading incidents and post-incident learning: Support as an incident lead for PlatformOps, coordinate the response, run blameless post-incident reviews, and track actions to completion
- Driving automation of repetitive tasks: Develop scalable automation frameworks to streamline engineering workflows and improve efficiency
- Raising the technical capability of other teams: Act as a technical advisor, provide guidance and upskilling support for platform tooling, and mentor engineers across engineering teams
- You will report to the Principal Platform Engineer and work most closely with:
- Principal Platform Engineer (Operations)
- Platform Engineer (Operations)
- Engineering teams in both business units
- Production Support Engineer (Operations)
- Senior Data Engineer (Operations)
Application process
- We’ll review your application and provide a response within 1 week. Even if it’s not the news you’d hoped for, we appreciate it’s good to know either way
- If we invite you to meet with us for interview, here’s an overview of what the process will look like:
- Screening interview with our Recruitment Business Partner
- A take-home technical test for you to complete offline and submit back to us
- A technical interview with Mark, Staff Platform Engineer and an Engineer from the Platform Operations team
- A CV review and Cultural & Values interview with Mark and our Head of Engineering, Mala
- Ahead of your interview you will receive a confirmation email outlining who you’ll be meeting and when, anything you’ll need to prepare in advance and any resources we think you might find helpful
Our take
With education changing fast, Genio supports learning in the face of time pressures and other challenges, making studying easier and more effective. And it's trusted by hundreds of schools worldwide to boost not just grades but also motivation and confidence.
Genio understands that today's students come from all walks of life, so it has created tools that break down barriers and make learning easier. Their flagship app, Genio Notes, helps students capture and organise their notes with smart AI features, while Genio Present boosts confidence by giving students a safe space to practice presentations. With millions of learners, its tools are making a real difference.
Formerly Glean, Genio rebranded to reflect its growing focus on all types of learning, especially those that don't fit the traditional student mould. With research-driven innovation, a growing suite of AI-enhanced tools, and a deep understanding of what helps learning thrive, Genio is ready to lead the next wave of education technology.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2020
$0.2m
GRANT
Jan 2020
$0.5m
GRANT
Total funding: $0.7m
Company benefits
- 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- 3 gifted days off at Christmas
- Generous individual learning and training allowance
- Truly flexible hours to suit when you work best
- Full home working set up and beautiful collaborative office space
- Nomad working policy with family travel insurance
- Enhanced 26 weeks maternity and 4 weeks paternity (fully paid)
- Health cash plan (from glasses to massages)
- 6% employer pension contribution
Company HQ
Leeds Dock, Leeds, UK
Leadership
Dave Tucker
(Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded Sonocent.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job