Principal Platform Engineer - EMEA

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: £130K - £190K

We are seeking a curious and rigorous platform engineer (who codes!) to help us bring Ashby to the next level. Ashby builds software that enables talent teams to build efficient and delightful hiring processes. You'll be building the "paved road" that excellent engineering teams can safely take to the moon and back. This role has elements of both Platform Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer, and we are open to candidates who lean towards one or the other.

About the Role and How We Work

Elénie, a Director of Engineering at Ashby, emphasizes the importance of infrastructure in delivering a positive customer experience. She transitioned from product engineering to SRE after recognizing the critical role of unseen infrastructure work in ensuring reliability and security. Her goal is to build fully-automated solutions to reliability issues, using software to make infrastructure updates and data access safe. This work has resulted in reduced yearly downtime to minutes and even enjoyable systems. The team values empathy as a core skill for infrastructure engineers.

As a Platform Engineer at Ashby, you will:

• Work closely with Product Engineers, providing practical support and guidance.
• Handle personal and confidential data related to critical customer decisions.
• Contribute to building a future-proof platform capable of scaling to meet growing demand.

Requirements

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Responsibilities

• Debug thorny issues and build solutions.
• Build a future-proof platform that can withstand growth and scale.
• Handle personal and confidential data securely.
• Collaborate with Product Engineers to ensure a seamless experience.
• Contribute to the automation of infrastructure updates and data access.

Application Instructions

• (Details are not explicitly provided in the job description.)