- Company: Get A Job.ai
- Location: London
- Salary: Pay not listed
Website Get A Job.ai
Represented by Get A Job.ai
About This Opportunity
We are representing a confidential healthcare technology company that is transforming how medical professionals work. Our client is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to join their core Platform/SRE team in London. This is a hands-on operational role focused on incident response, system reliability, and maintaining production infrastructure at scale.
This position is ideal for experienced SRE professionals who thrive in high-stakes production environments and want to make a tangible impact on systems that support millions of users globally.
Responsibilities
- Participate in on-call rotation and lead incident response efforts, driving service restoration and maintaining clear communication during critical events
- Identify and resolve recurring reliability issues through improved alerting, automation, and system enhancements
- Operate and improve Kubernetes clusters, cloud infrastructure, and core platform services with increasing ownership
- Strengthen observability by enhancing dashboards, alerts, logs, and traces for faster issue detection and diagnosis
- Reduce operational toil through automation, simplified runbooks, and improved tooling
- Improve deployment processes, rollback mechanisms, and operational readiness to minimise incident risk
- Write and maintain runbooks, participate in blameless post-mortems, and continuously improve incident response practices
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to enhance production readiness and service ownership
What We're Looking For
- 3–6+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, Platform, or operations-focused engineering roles
- Proven track record supporting production systems and participating in on-call rotations
- Strong ability to debug live systems under pressure
- Experience operating cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerised workloads
- Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform or similar tools
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting platforms such as Datadog or Prometheus
- Scripting and automation experience using Python, Bash, or similar languages
- Demonstrated passion for AI through hands-on building, prototyping, or personal projects
- Proactive mindset with a bias toward building solutions rather than waiting for direction
- Confident in your technical thinking while remaining open to alternative perspectives
How We Work With You
When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our talent team will review your profile and conduct an initial screening conversation. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your application directly to our client and guide you through their interview process. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all communication and coordination will flow through our recruiting team to ensure the best experience for everyone involved.
Pay
Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on experience level and market conditions.
Equal Opportunity
Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and work with our clients to ensure fair and equitable recruitment processes.
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A recruiter will review your profile and submit you to the client. Do not contact the client directly.
Apply through Get A Job.ai. A recruiter will review your profile and submit you. Do not contact the client directly.
Apply through Get A Job.ai. A recruiter will review your profile and submit you.
Terms used in this posting
- on-call
- You may be required to be reachable and available to work outside normal scheduled hours, typically for a set rotation.
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- Role Principal Platform Engineer – London
- Employer Get A Job.ai
- Location London
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted September 24, 2026
- Apply by October 24, 2026
- Overview Full job description on this page (428 words)
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