Platform Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 24 March 2026
LOCATION
Wallingford
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Technology
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Go React TypeScript WebSockets gRPC PostgreSQL

FULL DESCRIPTION

Senior Platform Engineer / Go / React / TypeScript / Real Time Data /

Location: Wallingford - Oxfordshire (Hybrid) onsite circa once every 4 weeks

Permanent

Responsibilities / Skills

- Develop and Maintain CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling that supports multiple engineering teams with different technical requirements – enabling self-service, repeatable deployments, and high-throughput delivery.

- Internal Tooling & Infrastructure: Design and maintain robust software systems and internal APIs that support our robotics operations and data processing pipelines.

- Full-Stack Development: Lead backend development in Go while contributing to modern front-end interfaces using React and TypeScript.

- Real-time Data Systems: Implement and optimise communication protocols for real-time telemetry and video, utilising WebRTC, WebSockets, gRPC, and Zenoh.

- Data Management: Design and manage efficient data storage solutions using PostgreSQL and SQLite, tailored for both cloud and edge environments.

- Systems Thinking: A proactive approach to troubleshooting complex issues across the full stack, especially where software meets hardware or runs in Linux environments.

Benefits

Starting from the interview process and continuing into your career with us, you will be working by our four Operating Principles:

Performance: High standards, outstanding results,

Impact: Big challenges, bigger results

Commitment: All in, every time

One team: One mission, shared success

Joining our team and company isn't just about expertise; it's about embracing uncertainty with ambition. We're crafting world-changing solutions, fuelled by a passion to redefine what's possible.

We will look for you to help create and shape the future of logistics solutions through our products, our culture and our shared vision.

You will also receive:

Private healthcare via Bupa with 24/7 medical helpline

Life insurance

Income protection

Pension: 4+% employee with option to opt into salary exchange, 5% employer

Employee Assistance Programme - mental wellbeing, financial and legal advice/support

25 days holiday per year + bank holidays

Full meals onsite in Wallingford

Fun team events on and offsite, snacks of all kinds in the office

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