Senior Platform Engineer

The role

You will deliver complex improvements to engineering platforms by building scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure. You will implement infrastructure with Terraform and build automation and tooling in Node.js or Python.

What you will do

• Deliver complex improvements to engineering platforms
• Implement and evolve infrastructure with Terraform
• Apply least-privilege and secure-by-default principles across AWS accounts
• Build and improve automation, services and tooling in Node.js or Python
• Support and review the work of other engineers
• Work with Tech Leads, Delivery Managers and stakeholders to shape delivery plans
• Raise risks, blockers and quality concerns early
• Test, validate and deploy infrastructure changes through CI/CD pipelines

Required qualifications

• Substantial professional experience as a software engineer
• Writing code in Python, Node.js, C# or a similar programming language
• Solid knowledge of software engineering best practice
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, CloudFront, IAM and S3
• History of delivering infrastructure with Terraform or another infrastructure as code tool
• Confident understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD, for example using GitHub Actions
• Experience using AI tooling in day-to-day work
• Experience of delivering results in agile, delivery-focused teams
• Curious mindset and the ability to pick up new technologies quickly

Nice to have

• Ideally of supporting colleagues through reviews and feedback

Benefits

• Private healthcare & dental insurance
• Generous work from abroad policy
• 2-for-1 share purchase plans
• EV Scheme
• Extra festive time off
• Family-friendly benefits
• Clear career paths
• Transparent pay bands
• Personal learning budgets
• Regular learning days

About the company

Trainline is Europe’s leading independent rail platform that helps travellers find and book rail and coach journeys. The company aims to empower greener travel choices.