The role
You will join an extension team (Times Media) of our client - News UK.
News UK is a company full of talented, dedicated, and creative people. News UK is an ambitious and ever-growing organisation with a passion for storytelling, capturing moments, meaning, and magic to make sense of the world. Their newspapers reach more than 30 million people each week and include The Sun, The Times, and The Sunday Times. News UK is also home to Wireless, a leading UK and Irish media company boasting independent local and national radio stations including talkSPORT, VirginRadio, talkRADIO, and TimesRadio.
The Times Media team is developing and enhancing the digital products of The Times and The Sunday Times, including their website and apps, in partnership with internal and external digital platform teams.
As a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll be a vital component of a team delivering quality software. You’ll interact with product owners and stakeholders, contribute to the technical conversations and ensure that what we build is best in class and t for purpose. You’ll report into a Principal Engineer and will help him/her deliver on the technical strategy and tactical implementation. You’ll interact, communicate and collaborate with the engineers based in Sofia, London and Bangalore.
What you'll do
- Craft and maintain high-quality code, considering everything from architecture and security to performance
- Embrace and promote agile practices, fostering collaboration and adaptability within the team
- Do thorough code reviews to be sure what we produce is of a very high standard
- Leverage your extensive AWS experience while remaining open to learning and adapting to new tools and technologies
- Seek out solutions to complex problems solo, or as part of a pair - mentoring and upskilling others around you
- Lead by example, encouraging your peers to improve continually
- Contribute to strategic conversations, influencing the technical direction and defining coding standards and best practices
- Present engineering work internally and externally, participating in meetups and other events to showcase your team’s achievements
What we're looking for
- In-depth knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code, especially Terraform and CloudFormation
- Ability to maintain build scripts written in a variety of languages (e.g. Bash, Go,
- Ruby, Python)
- Experience building test & delivery pipelines, especially with CircleCI
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including Helm
- Some exposure to application development, ideally with Node.js
- A self-starter who loves problem solving
- A passion for engineering and a constant desire to learn more
Why work with us
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Great work-life balance
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Competitive remuneration package
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Exceptional social package & special discounts
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Supplemental health & dental care
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Team bonding events
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Excellent office location & facilities
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Relaxing & gaming areas
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Free bike parking & showers
More about Pwrteams
Join our fast-growing and diverse team at Pwrteams, where we provide premium IT and engineering nearshore solutions to our global customers. Since 2007, we pursue to become the market leader in assembling cross-border IT and engineering teams for customers. Our operations are strategically positioned within Eastern Europe’s dynamic tech ecosystems, from where we cater the global business landscape.
We're at the forefront of travel, media and fintech innovation, healthcare efficiency enhancements, and others. Our goal? To connect interesting customer projects and skilled talent alike. Become a part of our team and take the next step on your personal career journey.