Platform Engineer IC4
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About the Position
Platform Engineer IC4
Location: Norwich, Norfolk
Date posted: 6 January 2026
Pay: £32,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
About Epos Now
Epos Now is a leading provider of cloud-based point-of-sale and embedded finance solutions, trusted by 40,000+ businesses worldwide. We’re building modern, scalable platforms that power payments, data, and AI-driven experiences. Join an engineering culture that values ownership, clean, testable code, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate core platform services on AWS, leveraging Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitHub Actions to enable secure, scalable delivery.
- Lead and contribute to infrastructure-as-code, platform APIs, observability, and runtime tooling (Go/Node.js) that improve reliability and time-to-market.
- Drive best practices in CI/CD, security, cost optimisation, and performance; reduce toil through automation and self-service.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define standards, guide architecture, and support migrations to modern platform patterns.
- Own services end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, incident response, and post-incident review.
- Mentor engineers, share knowledge, and contribute to an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.
Success Metrics (KPIs)
- Consistently achieves an average score of 3+ for Delivery every 6 months.
- Consistently achieves an average score of 3+ for Communication every 6 months.
- Consistently achieves an average score of 3+ for Sharing & Contributing every 6 months.
Our Stack
- AWS, Kubernetes
- Terraform, Helm
- GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
- Go, Node.js
- Observability: modern logging, metrics, and tracing tools
Requirements
- Senior-level platform/SRE experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS) for high-availability systems.
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Terraform (or equivalent IaC), plus CI/CD at scale.
- Proficiency in one or more of Go or Node.js for building platform tooling/services.
- Solid grasp of networking, security, observability, and cost control in cloud-native environments.
- Track record of leading initiatives, influencing architecture, and mentoring others.
- Pragmatic mindset focused on clean, testable code, automation, and measurable impact.
Nice to Have
- Helm, service mesh.
- Database operations exposure (PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar).
- GitLab/GitHub ecosystem depth, policy-as-code, or platform engineering enablement work.
- Experience in fintech, payments, or POS domains.
Location and Working Pattern
- Norwich office; Monday to Friday, core hours between 8am–6pm.
- Full-time, permanent.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: £32,000–£40,000 (GBP), plus standard benefits.
- Standard benefits package, growth and learning opportunities, and the chance to shape a modern engineering platform used at global scale.
How to Apply
- Apply with a CV and links to relevant work (GitHub, tech blogs, OSS contributions).
- External recruitment partner: Recruitment Junky.
- Apply here
Epos Now is an equal opportunity employer. If building reliable, scalable platforms that accelerate thousands of businesses sounds exciting, we’d love to hear from you.
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