Senior Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer / Software Engineer

TypeScript | AWS

London (Hybrid, Farringdon Tues/Weds/Thurs)

£80–90k + Bonus + Benefits

Do you love music, storytelling, and building the tools that help teams shine?

This company has spent 24 years helping tell some of the world’s most iconic stories. With 140 people and a passion for high quality, they need a Platform Engineer to be the architect and mechanic of their digital workshop.

Your mission: make life easier for the product teams. You’ll own the plumbing, tooling, and automation that lets them ship faster, safer, and with less stress.

What you’ll do

* Solve core infrastructure and systems challenges

* Build and maintain REST APIs

* Improve CI/CD for faster, repeatable releases

* Modernise TeamCity into GitHub Actions

* Transition .NET APIs into serverless JS & Lambda

* Build provisioning tools and improve developer productivity

* Shape AI pipelines for smarter reviews and automation

What you'll get

* Freedom to innovate

* A team that value this role

* A Dev Manager that will have fun whiteboarding with you

* A space to be energetic, creative and listened to

What you’ll bring

* Strong TypeScript skills (bonus: other structured languages)

* Strong experience with AWS cloud services and SAM

* CI/CD know-how

* Database knowledge and SQL fluency

* Extra points: Salesforce, Terraform, Ansible, testing automation, Next.js, .NET/C#

Tech stack: TypeScript, AWS (Terraform, SAM, Ansible), SQL, Next.js/Vercel, .NET/C#

This is a high-trust, low-ego environment: collaborative, supportive, and always pushing each other to grow. Staff turnover is low, growth opportunities are high.

I have known John, the CTO, for over 20 years; he is inspiring, fun and brilliant at helping his teams be the best they can be. People thrive under his stewardship and careers are built, accelerated and made better because of it.

If you want to build the foundation that powers world-class products and thrive in a team that values you, apply now or contact Simon at Ithika Recruitment for more information and a confidential chat.

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