Platform Engineer

<div> <p data-path-to-node="3">📍 <strong data-path-to-node="3" data-index-in-node="3">Location:</strong> UK, Netherlands, or Remote (Europe)</p> <p data-path-to-node="4">🛠️ <strong data-path-to-node="4" data-index-in-node="4">Tech Stack:</strong> AWS, Terraform, Ruby, Python, React, GitHub Actions, Datadog</p> <h3 data-path-to-node="5">&nbsp;</h3> <h3 data-path-to-node="5"><strong data-path-to-node="5" data-index-in-node="0">About Tech at Bloom &amp; Wild Group 💐</strong></h3> <p data-path-to-node="6">We’re Europe’s largest direct-to-consumer flower and gifting business (incorporating Bloom &amp; Wild, bloomon, and Bergamotte). Our 60+ person Tech team builds the software powering our online shops, warehouses, and delivery logistics.&nbsp;You can read lots more about our technology stack and our culture over on our tech blog -&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" href="https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium%2Ecom%2Fcode-wild%2Fmeet-code-wild-c5c4f2c975ae&amp;urlhash=cgOO&amp;mt=6VcbGapO9pz2ZMoPDD-FGpskG7JM_ISKvnYkFPV68raNl6Nn-9hKcxiix-fJ-Wsd-3F_tMy4Q1fUncYRtgWj98IgAW8&amp;isSdui=true">Code &amp; Wild</a>.</p> </div><br><strong>The Role</strong><br><p data-path-to-node="8">As a Platform Engineer, you’ll help our engineering teams ship code faster, safely, and on reliable infrastructure. You'll split your time roughly between:</p> <ul data-path-to-node="9"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="9,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Embedded Work:</strong> Joining domain squads to fix bottlenecks and improve their systems.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,1,0"><strong data-path-to-node="9,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Central Platform Work:</strong> Building shared tools, infrastructure, and automation for all developers.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,2,0"><strong data-path-to-node="9,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">AI Integration:</strong> Rolling out AI tools across development, code reviews, and incident response.</p> </li> <div>Key Responsibilities:&nbsp;</div> <ul data-path-to-node="9"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="11,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="11,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">Internal Tooling:</strong> Create feature flags, canary rollouts, and CI/CD pipelines.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="11,1,0"><strong data-path-to-node="11,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Core Infrastructure:</strong> Manage and optimise AWS, GitHub, Datadog, and Cloudflare.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="11,2,0"><strong data-path-to-node="11,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Automation:</strong> Eliminate repetitive manual tasks for engineering teams, utilising AI tools where you can.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="11,3,0"><strong data-path-to-node="11,3,0" data-index-in-node="0">Production Support:</strong> Guide squads on managing their own apps using metrics, logs, and SLOs.</p> </li> </ul></ul><br><strong>What We're Looking For</strong><br><div> <ul data-path-to-node="13"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="13,0,0"><strong data-path-to-node="13,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">AWS &amp; Terraform:</strong> Hands-on experience (specifically ECS Fargate, RDS, Lambda, or EventBridge).</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="13,1,0"><strong data-path-to-node="13,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">CI/CD &amp; Observability:</strong> Strong understanding of deployment pipelines and system monitoring.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="13,2,0"><strong data-path-to-node="13,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Modern Tools:</strong> Interest in using AI tools in daily software engineering.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="13,3,0"><strong data-path-to-node="13,3,0" data-index-in-node="0">Codebases:</strong> Comfortable working with application code in Ruby or Python and navigating ambiguous problems.</p> </li> <p data-path-to-node="14"><em data-path-to-node="14" data-index-in-node="0">(Don't check every box? Please apply anyway! We hire for potential and diverse perspectives over exhaustive checklists.)</em></p> <p data-path-to-node="14">&nbsp;</p> </ul></div><br><strong>Benefits & Perks</strong><br> <li>✨ <strong data-path-to-node="16" data-index-in-node="2">Flexibility:</strong> Core hours (10–4), hybrid or remote working, plus up to 45 days per year to work abroad.</li> <li data-path-to-node="17">🌴 <strong data-path-to-node="17" data-index-in-node="3">Time Off:</strong> 25 days holiday + birthday + flexible bank holidays (option to buy 5 extra days).</li> <li data-path-to-node="18">🌱 <strong data-path-to-node="18" data-index-in-node="3">Growth &amp; Support:</strong> Health cash plan, free therapy (Open Up), equity options, learning budget, and generous product discounts.</li> <br><strong>How We Hire</strong><br><p data-path-to-node="20">&nbsp;</p> <ol> <li data-path-to-node="20"><strong data-path-to-node="20" data-index-in-node="4">2-Min Application</strong></li> <li data-path-to-node="21"><strong data-path-to-node="21" data-index-in-node="4">Initial Chat</strong> <em data-path-to-node="21" data-index-in-node="17">(30 mins with Chloe, Talent Acquisition Manager)</em></li> <li data-path-to-node="22"><strong data-path-to-node="22" data-index-in-node="4">Team Interview</strong> <em data-path-to-node="22" data-index-in-node="19">(45 mins with the Platform team)</em></li> <li data-path-to-node="23"><strong data-path-to-node="23" data-index-in-node="4">Technical Session</strong> <em data-path-to-node="23" data-index-in-node="22">(60-min live pairing exercise)</em></li> <li data-path-to-node="24"><strong data-path-to-node="24" data-index-in-node="4">Final Chat</strong> <em data-path-to-node="24" data-index-in-node="15">(45 mins with Steve, Tech Leadership)</em></li> </ol> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><em data-path-to-node="25" data-index-in-node="0">(Need interview adjustments? 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