Senior Platform Engineer (GCP)

TL;DR

Senior Platform Engineer (Medtech): Designing, maintaining, and scaling cloud infrastructure for a global digital healthcare platform with an accent on developer experience, automation, and reliability. Focus on building self-service tools, optimizing GCP architecture, and leading the regional platform strategy in the UK and EMEA.

Location: Must be based in London, UK (Hybrid: 3 days/week in the Old Street office).

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing digital healthcare company building evidence-based, patient-centric weight management and preventive care programs globally.

What you will do

• Support and evolve platform technologies for EMEA engineering teams.
• Maintain and improve cloud infrastructure on GCP for reliability, scalability, and security.
• Enhance developer experience through self-service tooling and workflow automation.
• Implement and manage container orchestration using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Partner with regional engineering and operations teams to drive platform improvements and mentorship.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a software or platform engineer in a product-led environment.
• Proficiency in at least one modern language like Go, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Strong experience designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure on GCP.
• Expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerized environments.
• Practical experience with Terraform and building reusable infrastructure modules.
• Strong understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and cloud security controls.
• Must be based in London or able to commute to the Old Street office 3 days a week.

Nice to have

• Experience with data platforms or machine learning infrastructure (e.g., BigQuery, Vertex AI).
• Experience building self-service infrastructure provisioning workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee options program to own a stake in the business.
• Competitive remuneration package.
• 25 days of holiday plus 3 days of professional development leave.
• Annual development budget for growth.
• Private health insurance or monthly wellness allowance.
• Flexible work culture with 3 weeks of work-from-anywhere annually.