Senior Platform Engineer

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.

About Birdie

At Birdie, we're reimagining care for older adults. We're building the technology that powers the future of home healthcare, empowering care teams with tools to deliver better, more dignified care, and enabling older people to thrive in their own homes for longer. Our all-in-one solution powers millions of care visits every month, equipping care providers with the tools they need to deliver exceptional, efficient care.

We're not here to tinker at the edges. We're here to radically transform a broken system.

That's why we've built an all-in-one platform that supported over 30 million care visits in 2023 and more than 60 million in 2024 and we continue to grow our impact. We're scaling fast, but staying true to our purpose. That's why we're proud to be a B Corp, using business as a force for good

Founded in 2017, Birdie is backed by world-class investors like Index Ventures, Sofina and Omers. In 2023, we ranked #6 in the Deloitte Fast 50, making us one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK. You can check out more about our impact and recognition here.

But speed isn't the point. Impact is.

Your mission

• As a Senior Platform Engineer you'll contribute to influence and shape both the strategy and implementation of our Platform function at Birdie; working with the Platform team, you'll develop and expand on our current Kubernetes micro-services architecture, building and maintaining abstractions and services for our Core engineering teams
• Coaching fellow Platform engineers and Software engineers, working with the Platform Lead, fellow Staff engineers and our VP of Eng to develop strategy
• You'll be championing reliability and stability across the Engineering Organisation. Instilling SRE principles within teams and leaving your mark on our product
• You'll be a key part of our "shift-left" DevOps success, whether it's security best-practices, CI/CD, solid production considerations or just leveraging AWS to it's fullest - you'll be at the forefront of our non-functional strategies

You'll thrive here if...

• Are passionate about the entire spectrum of reliability engineering and taking a senior IC role for a scaling company
• Experienced with writing code to solve DevOps/Platform problems and are a pragmatic problem-solver, knowing when to build vs buy
• Able to handle ambiguity and uncertainty, adjusting your approach where suitable; You can deliver initiatives from end to end, working with cross functional peers from problem to solution
• Are someone who gets things done and is willing to step up, roll up your sleeves and take responsibility. You're also a clear communicator, negotiator and influencer
• Appreciate the product mindset, dedicated to understanding user (developer) needs and driving innovation to enhance the overall user experience
• Able to work efficiently in a cross-functional team setting and with a high degree of self-motivation and accountability
• You follow best practice for the technologies you work with and understand why
• You're intensely curious, love learning new things and teaching others about them, acting as a mentor to other team members.

What skills do you need?

• Expertise in AWS and cloud-native architecture patterns
• Expertise in Kubernetes (specifically EKS) and K8s-native tooling (ie - Helm)
• Comfortable in a coding and scripting language
• Have proficiency with leveraging modern tracing, metrics and related observability topics - i.e. Open Telemetry
• Expertise in creating strong CI/CD pipelines and adapting to the feedback you gain from them, working with GitOps
• Experience working in a security-conscious engineering organisation, with proficiencies in DevSecOps principals
• Clear understanding of SRE practices, goals and implementations
• A deep capacity to get things done

What you'll get from us

We believe people do their best work when they're supported, trusted and inspired. Here's how we build a world-class employee experience:

Compensation

• Competitive base salary, reviewed against benchmarks annually
• Generous stock options - because we're building this together
• Bi-annual performance cycles with individual compensation reviews

Learning & Growth

• Annual personal learning budget and access to training, coaching and mentorship
• Time and space for growth - you set your development goals, we back them

Flexible Working

• Hybrid working - 1 day per month in our London HQ
• Budget to set up your home workspace
• Regular in-person meetups, socials and offsites

Time Off

• 33 days holiday (25 days + public holidays)
• Extra day off on your birthday (use it whenever you like!)
• Company shutdown between Christmas and New Year
• 2 volunteering days each year to give back to causes that matter

Family-first Policies

• Industry leading paid primary and secondary caregiver leave
• 5 paid days for fertility treatments for those who need it
• Private health insurance with AXA
• Wellbeing perks via Happl (gym discounts, mental health support, and more)

Other Perks

• Cycle to work scheme
• 4% employer pension contribution when you contribute 5% (UK)
• A deeply human, radically transparent culture

?Why Birdie?

Because you want to do meaningful work that improves lives - and grow at speed while doing it. We're building more than a product - we're building a movement. A movement to show that tech, when built with empathy and integrity, can change lives.

We're a team of entrepreneurs, dreamers, and doers. Join us to shape the future of care, work alongside ambitious, kind people, and help reimagine how society cares for its older adults. We dream big, act fast, and work collaboratively with one goal in mind: to create a world where we all age with confidence.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We're committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture. That means creating a hiring process that gives everyone a fair chance regardless of background, identity or lived experience.

Need adjustments or support during the application process? Let us know. We're here to help.

Ready to build the future of care?

Apply now. Be part of something that matters.