Senior Platform Engineer
Required Technical Skills
C# / .NET Core 8+
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
JSON
Markdown
Docker / Kubernetes (EKS)
Database engineering
Data modelling & analysis
GitHub Copilot and Claude Code
LLM integration
API-first design
Advantageous Skills
Platform migration / replatforming
Event streaming
Redis, RabbitMQ / MassTransit
ClickHouse or modern analytics alternatives
Frontend frameworks
Python data analysis libraries
AI-First Cognitive Requirements
Evaluative judgment
Specification precision
Collaborative scepticism
Constitution-building mindset
Data-first verification
Key Responsibilities
Assess and decompose the existing 34-microservice architecture to identify simplification and replacement opportunities
- Design and build next-generation backend services using modern Python / TypeScript stacks with LLM-augmented business logic
- Own database architecture redesign – migrating from Oracle RDS / MSSQL to modern schemas (PostgreSQL, event stores) that are AI-queryable and analytics-ready
- Build data quality frameworks and validation pipelines that ensure AI systems work from reliable, well-structured data
- Replace rigid Saga / Orchestrator chains with AI-driven workflow engines and simpler event-driven patterns
- Develop LLM-powered solutions to replace hard-coded costing rules, financial calculations, and allocation logic
- Operate in the Intent → Generate → Verify → Decide → Document loop, owning decisions on irreversible, money-touching, or outward-facing logic
- Build migration pathways (strangler fig, parallel running) to transition from legacy to modern architecture without service disruption
- Performance tuning and observability using Grafana, Kibana, and the ELK stack
This role is responsible for reducing its own bus factor. Concrete expectations
- Pair regularly with the existing DB specialist to transfer backend architecture and data modelling knowledge; document all schema decisions in Markdown-based ADRs
- Run fortnightly architecture clinics with the wider team covering Onion Architecture, DDD patterns, and database design for the new platform
- Maintain living runbooks so that every critical backend process can be operated or debugged by at least one other team member within 60 days of joining
- Contribute to CLAUDE.md-style AI constitutions encoding pricing logic constraints and data quality rules, ensuring institutional knowledge lives in the system, not just in heads
- Cross-train at least one frontend developer on backend API design and Python data pipelines within the first 6 months
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