At Lunar Energy, we're on a mission to transform the way we power our homes by building an ecosystem of all-electric products, starting with a next-generation home battery system and a cloud PaaS to manage large fleets of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) assets. Comprising a team of visionary entrepreneurs and dedicated technology and industry experts, we're united by our shared vision of deploying and building products to electrify homes that are connected through an integrated software platform.

We are currently seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our talented team of engineers, dedicated to delivering a more sustainable future. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring end-to-end platform reliability, security, and internal tooling. You will have the opportunity to strongly influence and contribute to the team's future.

Lunar Energy empowers you to explore multiple facets of our technology stack, aligned with your personal interests and abilities. We have a strong tradition of leveraging functional programming and type systems to craft pragmatic and flexible systems that align with business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement scalable, highly available infrastructure and internal tooling solutions using TypeScript and Python in AWS
Enable fast iteration through implementation and improvement of automation
Take ownership of ensuring continuous operation of critical systems, including databases and ETL pipelines
Reason about cloud infrastructure strategy to help ensure that solutions are the best fit for requirements
Develop and evangelise security best practices, such as automation of a secure software development process

Key Qualifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
A minimum of 5 years' of experience in DevOps, SecOps or Platform Engineering roles.
Experience building CI/CD pipelines
Hands-on experience with AWS
Strong understanding of networking and network security
Proficiency in one or more scripting programming languages (Python, Ruby, Bash, etc.)
Linux

Desirable Skills:

Experience with serverless technologies
Experience with Typescript
Proficiency in application penetration testing, ethical hacking, and vulnerability assessments
Interest in the IoT and renewable energy industry

Joining us gives you:

A competitive salary and stock options package
25 days annual leave a year + public holidays
Private Medical Insurance via BUPA (medical history disregarded)
A wellbeing and lifestyle benefits plan through Medicash
5% employer contributions pension matching
A budget for work-related training of £1,000 per financial year and an allowance of 4 training days
Cycle To Work scheme and Workplace Nursery benefit
£200 upon joining for remote work set-up
Access to Spill - Mental Health Support platform
Enhanced Maternity + Paternity Pay
Regular socials and activities, online and in-person
Flexible start and finish times, fully remote working or hybrid depending on preferences

Duration: Full-Time

Location: Fully remote within the UK, but you are welcome to work from our office in Spitalfields, London (UK), as often as you like.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, ethnicity, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, nationality, age or social background. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply.

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