You will own and evolve a complex dual-cloud platform processing over a million tenancies annually. Reporting to the Head of Infrastructure, you’ll manage Azure-native serverless workloads and lead the transition toward a Kubernetes-native future on AWS. This role offers genuine ownership of a production environment used by 3,500+ agencies nationwide.
Senior Platform Engineer at Goodlord
Join the UK’s largest lettings-focused tech team as a Senior Platform Engineer and own the Azure-native core of a platform processing 1M+ tenancies. This Top 50 Best Workplace is digitising the rental market for 3,500+ agencies. You will lead the transition to a Kubernetes-native future on AWS while managing high-scale serverless workloads. With a £95k salary, a £1k development budget, and a dual-cloud environment, this is a rare opportunity for an engineer who thrives on ownership and technical complexity. No two days are the same in this fast-paced, high-impact proptech leader.
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About the company
Goodlord
Top 50 Best Workplaces proptech scale-up digitising the UK rental market
What you'll do
What you will do
- Own and operate Azure platform workloads including API Management, Function Apps, Cosmos DB, and Event Grid to ensure high scalability.
- Design and implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform to maintain consistent environments across development, staging, and production.
- Drive the containerisation roadmap by building and running Kubernetes workloads while improving observability via Datadog and Azure Monitor.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- Has 5+ years of experience with production Azure services and building cloud-native workloads such as APIs or event-driven architectures.
- Possesses strong practical expertise in Docker, Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), and managing production environments with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Demonstrates technical leadership skills and a solid understanding of cloud networking, security hardening, and ISO 27001 compliance standards.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Take genuine ownership of a production platform that digitises the entire rental process for the UK's largest lettings-focused tech team.
- Work in a sophisticated dual-cloud environment (Azure and AWS) with a clear roadmap toward containerised, EKS-native workloads.
- Join a multi-award-winning culture ranked in the Top 50 UK's Best Workplaces (2025) with a £1,000 annual development fund and mental health coaching.
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