Platform Engineer II

Summary

Octopus Energy is a tech-powered energy company focused on delivering renewable energy solutions. They are seeking a Platform Engineer II to contribute to the design and delivery of core infrastructure and services that support engineering teams in developing scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to building and improving platform services, writing code, reviewing changes, and supporting deployments
• Work alongside senior engineers to design and implement solutions that improve scalability, reliability, and developer experience
• Help maintain and operate core systems such as CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and monitoring
• Participate in incident response and retrospectives, contributing to learning and improvement
• Collaborate with other engineers to understand needs and translate them into practical platform solutions
• Take ownership of tasks and smaller projects, while developing towards owning larger areas of the platform

Skills

• Solid communication skills and a collaborative approach
• Hands-on experience with AWS or another major cloud provider
• Familiarity with security best practices and automation tools
• Experience contributing to the operation of production systems, ideally in a distributed or cloud environment
• Experience with some of the following areas, and eagerness to learn the rest: Docker and Kubernetes (we use Amazon EKS in production), Python or other scripting languages, Datadog or similar monitoring/logging tools, Messaging queues or event-driven systems (we use RabbitMQ), Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools, Networking basics, PostgreSQL or another relational database, Linux system administration basics
• Exposure to multi-team environments or shared platform services
• Interest in data-focused systems such as analytics, telemetry, or IoT
• Familiarity with CI/CD or observability practices beyond the basics
• A proactive mindset and enthusiasm for learning from more senior engineers

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Solid communication skills and a collaborative approach
• Hands-on experience with AWS or another major cloud provider
• Familiarity with security best practices and automation tools
• Experience contributing to the operation of production systems, ideally in a distributed or cloud environment
• Experience with some of the following areas, and eagerness to learn the rest: Docker and Kubernetes (we use Amazon EKS in production), Python or other scripting languages, Datadog or similar monitoring/logging tools, Messaging queues or event-driven systems (we use RabbitMQ), Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools, Networking basics, PostgreSQL or another relational database, Linux system administration basics

Nice to Haves

• Exposure to multi-team environments or shared platform services
• Interest in data-focused systems such as analytics, telemetry, or IoT
• Familiarity with CI/CD or observability practices beyond the basics
• A proactive mindset and enthusiasm for learning from more senior engineers

Benefits

• Fully paidmedical, dental, andvision insurance for employees & their family.
• Paid time offwe know working hard means also being able to recharge as needed, we trust our employees to get the work done and take the time they need. We offer 20 days of paid vacation and 8 paid sick days annually.
• 401(k)plan with employer match.
• Parental leave.Biological, adoptive and foster parents are all eligible.
• Pre-taxcommuter benefits.
• Flexible working environment-genuine work life balance here; we treat you as a human, and do our best to make work and life merge smoothly together
• Equity Options Scheme- you own your own part of the business, share options in the whole Octopus Energy Group so we all work together towards success
• Your development is important-we support and help with development including internal and external courses, learning, study support etc, all bespoke to you.